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authorGravatar uranther <jwheaton@purdue.edu>2009-07-13 08:45:15 -0400
committerGravatar uranther <jwheaton@purdue.edu>2009-07-13 08:45:15 -0400
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Merge with Dieterbe/experimental
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@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
* invoke uzbl --help
* to get you started: `XDG_DATA_HOME=/usr/share/uzbl/examples/data XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/usr/share/uzbl/examples/config uzbl --uri www.archlinux.org`
* study the sample config, have a look at all the bindings, and note how you can call the scripts to load new url from history and the bookmarks file
-* note that there is no url bar. all url editing is supposed to happen _outside_ of uzbl.
- For now, you can use the `load_from_*` dmenu based scripts to pick a url or type a new one or write commands into the fifo (see /usr/share/uzbl/docs/CHECKLIST)
+* You can change the url with commands (if you have setup the appropriate keybinds) but to be most effective it's better to do url editing/changing _outside_ of uzbl.
+ Eg, you can use the `load_from_*` dmenu based scripts to pick/edit a url or type a new one.
* If you have questions, you are likely to find answers in the FAQ or in the other documentation.
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Time to change that!
Here are the general ideas:
* each instance of uzbl renders 1 page (eg it's a small wrapper around webkit), no tabbing, tab previews, or speed dial things.
- For "multiple instances management" use your window managers, or scripts.
- This way you can get something much more useful than tabbing (see rationale in docs)
+ For "multiple instances management" use your window managers, scripts or wrappers.
+ This way you can get something much more useful than tabbing by default
* very simple, plaintext , changeable at runtime configuration
* various interfaces for (programmatic) interaction with uzbl (see below)
* customizable keyboard shortcuts in vim or emacs style (whatever user wants)
@@ -298,14 +298,19 @@ The script specific arguments are this:
Custom, userdefined scripts (`spawn foo bar`) get first the arguments as specified in the config and then the above 7 are added at the end.
### COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
-
- -u, --uri=URI Uri to load (equivalent to 'set uri = URI')
+ uzbl [ uri ]
+ -u, --uri=URI alternative way to load uri on start. (equivalent to 'set uri = URI')
-v, --verbose Whether to print all messages or just errors.
-n, --name=NAME Name of the current instance (defaults to Xorg window id)
-c, --config=FILE Config file (or `-` to use stdin)
+ -s, --socket=SOCKET Socket ID
+ -V, --version Print the version and exit
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
--help Help
+
+
+
### BUGS
Please report new issues @ uzbl.org/bugs