

Speech users should start DosLynx with a /b command line
argument. This command provides a much cleaner screen for screen
readers. Functionality of DosLynx is not effected. 
        
DosLynx is a straightforward menu driven application.
 
 A user has several ways to activate the DosLynx menu; pressing
F10,  pressing ALT and one of the highlighted menu letters, and
by a single  left button mouse click.

Vocabulary note: URL is Universal Resource Locator (a fancy name
for a World Wide Web site's address on the Internet.)
 
 Following are a listing of all menu items and their
functionality. Menu  titles and the appropriate menu choice are
presented side by side with  the '|' character as a separator.
Function keys (hot keys) for menu options, if available,  appear
next. ALT key combinations for those who do not want to use arrow 
keys to navigate the menus appear with in the brackets [ ].
 
 File|Open URL F3 [ALT-F O] Allows you to enter a user specified
URL. Once entered, DosLynx will attempt to load the URL. 
 
 File|Open Local [ALT-F L]   Allows you to select a local file
from an   available DOS path. DosLynx will convert the file name
into  a URL and attempt to load the file. 
 
 File|Close ALT-F3 [ALT-F C]   When this menu item is selected,
DosLynx will close   the currently active window so that it is no
longer viewable  on your display. 
 
 File|Save Rendering F2 [ALT-F S]   When selected, DosLynx will
prompt you  for a local file name in which to save the document
in the currently  active window as ASCII text exactly as seen on
your display. 
 
 File|Print Rendering [ALT-F P]   When selected, DosLynx will
prompt you  for a DOS device to which to print the rendering. The
appropriate DOS device to enter is the one to which your line
printer is  connected, such as LPT1. 
 
 File|Dos Shell [ALT-F D]  DosLynx spawns your command
interpreter so that  you may take action outside of DosLynx while
it is still  running.  After selecting this item, you should
always exit the command interpreter and return to DosLynx after
you are finished. 
 
 File|Exit ALT-X [ALT-F X] This will cause the DosLynx
application to exit therefore ending your session inside DosLynx. 
 
 Navigate|Find [ALT-N F] Allows you to enter a search string that
DosLynx will find in your currently active window. 
 
 Navigate|Find Again F4 [ALT-N A] DosLynx will again find the
last entered search string from the find command. 
 
 Navigate|Next Anchor J or Numpad 2 [ALT-N N] This will move you
to the next selectable anchor in the active window. 
 
 Navigate|Previous Anchor K or Numpad 8 [ALT-N P] This will move
you to the previous selectable anchor in the active window. 
 
 Navigate|Activate Anchor L or Numpad 6 [ALT-N C] This will cause
DosLynx to attempt to load the destination URL of the currently
active anchor. 
 
 Navigate|Prior Document H or Numpad 4 [ALT-N D] This will cause
DosLynx to attempt to  load the last visited URL in the currently
active window. 
 
 Navigate|Search Index  Some loaded documents are searchable
indexes. To cause DosLynx to search the index of the currently 
active window, select this command. This command will not  be
active if the window contains no searchable index. 
 
 Navigate|Show Destination URL [ALT-N U] Select this if you
desire to view the URL of  the currently active anchor. 
 
 Options|Toggle Low/High Text Mode [ALT-O T] Allows you to switch
back and forth between the default 25 line text mode and the 43
or 50 line text mode of EGA or VGA video adapters. 
 
 Window|Messages [ALT-W M] This will cause the window containing
all DosLynx message to appear as the active window. 
 
 Window|Clone Window [ALT-W L] Use this if you wish to create a
duplicate of the currently active window. The window should be
the same in every respect except for window number and size. 
 
 Window|Zoom F5 [ALT-W Z] Use this command to switch a window to
its maximum  possible size and its previous size before Zoom. 
 
 Window|Cascade [ALT-W C] Use this command to organize all open
windows  in a cascading arrangement on your display. 
 
 Window|Tile [ALT-W T]  Use this command to organize all open
windows  in a tiled arrangement on your display. 
 
 Hotlist|View F1 [ALT-H V] This command causes DosLynx to load
the user specified Hotlist file for easy access to anchors which
you specify. 
 
 Hotlist|Add current to Hotlist [ALT-H A] This command will add
the URL of the currently active window to your Hotlist file and
then  prompt you for a name by which to remember the URL. 
 
 Hotlist|Home Page F9 [ALT-H P] Use this command to open a new
window with the user specified home page loaded within. 
 
 In addition to the listed keys, you can use the UNIX via keys
(HJKL) or  your numeric keypad with your number lock on for
anchor navigation. The arrow keys are reserved for scrolling
only.
 
 Page up, page down, the arrow keys, and the space bar allow you
to look  through a document that is longer than your display
itself. Further, if  you utilize a mouse with DosLynx, you can
select an anchor by using a  single left button click, and
activate an anchor by using a double left  button click. A
special case arises when attempting to select an inline  image
which also is has a destination; see the Special Notes section.
 
 Special Notes on Usage
 
 As of the DosLynx v0.8a release, only the following URL types
are  supported: 
 
  file   ftp   gopher   http   news   wais
 
Vocal Eyes Commands for use with DosLynx Most navigation in
DosLynx is  done through the use of the numeric keypad. Where
possible Vocal Eyes uses  the same keys and has added
functionality to the numeric keypad.
 
The following keys are located on the numeric keypad
 
***NOTE NUMLOCK MUST BE ON*** 

key function 
1  END  read from current link to bottom of screen 
2  DOWN ARROW  move down one link on the current page 
3 PG DN  move up one screen and read the screen 
4 LEFT ARROW  exit the current link and return to previous
  location (note: if nothing is spoken, the screen has not
  changed, and there was no link from which to exit. 
5  read the current link (highlighted option) 
6 RIGHT ARROW or ENTER key   go to the address associated with
  the current link 
7  HOME  read from top of screen to current link 
8  UP ARROW move up one link on the current page 
9  PG UP move to the next screen and read the screen 
+  read the current screen 
/  read the title of the screen 
