NAME

       edbrowse - text editor and web browser

SYNOPSIS

       edbrowse [ file1 ] [ file2 ] ...

       edbrowse [ url1 ] [ url2 ]  ...

DESCRIPTION

       (This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not
       have  a  man page. Instead the program is documented in detail in the HTML documentation that accompanies
       the program; see below.)

       edbrowse is a line-oriented text editor very similar to ed(1), It is used to create, display, modify  and
       otherwise manipulate text files.

       In  addition  edbrowse can be used to display web pages and edit the contents of these pages. It supports
       the use of forms and Javascript in web pages.

       If edbrowse is invoked with a file argument, then a copy of file is read into the editor's buffer. If  it
       is invoked with a url argument, then the url is read into the editor's buffer and the HTML is rendered as
       text.  Changes are made to this copy and not directly to file or url itself.

       Please  refer  to  ed(1)  for further details regarding the editing commands. Explanation of the browsing
       functions can be found in the HTML documentation.

EXAMPLES

       To read the HTML documentation on a Debian system you can do

              edbrowse file:///usr/share/doc/edbrowse/usersguide.html

       To read (say) 20 lines of the buffer at a time starting from the top use the command `1z20'  followed  by
       repeating `z' to scroll another 20 lines at a time.

       To  quit the editor completely type `qt' . Upon quitting edbrowse, any changes not explicitly saved  with
       a `w' command are lost. The `w' command does not apply to URLs but one can save the corresponding  buffer
       to a file by the command w file.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display the usage message.

       -e     Batch mode. This options causes edbrowse to exit when it encounters an error.

       -d?    Debug  level.  Can  be  set to a value between 0 and 9. The default is 1 which prints the sizes of
              buffers. Some people like 2 which prints out URLs as they are retrieved. This value can be changed
              within the editor with the dbx command with x a value betwen 0 and 9.

       -c     Edit config file. This command supresses the processing of the configuration file $HOME/.ebrc  and
              starts  editing  it  instead.  This  option  is  useful if this file is syntactically incorrect or
              otherwise corrupted.

FILES

       $HOME/.ebrc         Configuration file. The file which edbrowse reads when it  starts  up.  If  the  file
                           exists then it must be syntactically correct.

DIAGNOSTICS

       When  an  error  occurs,  if edbrowse it prints a `?' and returns to command mode.  An explanation of the
       last error can be printed with the `h' (help) command.

       Attempting to quit edbrowse with the `q' command or trying to edit another file before writing a modified
       buffer results in an error. If the command is entered a second time, it succeeds, but any changes to  the
       buffer are lost.

BUGS

       This manual page is not complete.  Users should refer to the HTML documentation for fuller details of the
       configuration options and for details of the use of edbrowse.

SEE ALSO

       ed(1), sed(1), pcrepattern(3).

       The  HTML  documentation  ⟨/usr/share/doc/edbrowse/usersguide.html⟩  provides  greater  detail  about the
       program.

AUTHORS

       This manual page was originally written by Kapil  Hari  Paranjape  <kapil@imsc.res.in>,  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but it may be used by others).

       The edbrowse program is written by Karl Dahlke <eklhad@gmail.com>. The author maintains a web site
       ⟨http://edbrowse.org⟩ for the program.

edbrowse 3.2.1                                     2007-05-09                                        edbrowse(1)