W3M Usage Notes
Command Line Web Browsing
As one who spends most of his time on a computer at the command line, opening a GUI web browser just to follow a link takes time and is considered by minimalists like myself to be bloat. I have used console based web browsers like lynx, links and elinks for many years now, I thought it time to work on getting up to speed on W3M which seems to use a set of keybindings I am unfalmiliar with. I hope to make sufficient notes in this post to enable myself to be able to use W3M on a daily basis.
Launching:
$ w3m http://duckduckgo.com
Hotkeys:
- H Display configured hotkeys
Navigation:
- h, j, k, l to move around page
- Tab jump to next link
- Shift+Tab move to previous link
- B go back/get out
Fields:
- Enter in field to begin input. Text: will appear at bottom of the screen. Press Enter again when input is complete.
Search on page:
- / Type in search team and press enter.
- n Jump to next find
- N jump to previous find
Follow URLS:
- Enter on a link/URL to follow
Show All Links:
- Esc+m will pop up menu of links tht you can jump to on same page
- Esc+l pops up menu of links that will be followed upon selection
Window Tab Support:
- Shift+t
- {, } to switch tabs
Goto URL:
- Shift+u Enter a new URL to follow
Navigation History
- s popup list of links visited
Bookmarks:
- Esc+a Add to Bookmarks
- Esc+b show bookmarks
Configuration Options
- o Dispaly w3m configuration options