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Project menu

The Project menu offers functions to open or close windows, fetch or save documents, or quit AWeb.
New window
Open a new window. Only available in the registered version.
Close window
Close the current window. Only available in the registered version.

Open URL
Clear the URL field () and activate it so you can type a new URL.
Open WWW
Preset the URL field () with "http://www." and activate it for maximum convenience if you want to load a WWW page.
Open local...
Opens a standard file requester. After you select a HTML file, the file will be loaded in the current window.
Search engines
Opens the local page extras/search.html which contains a quick interface to several search engines on the Internet.

View source...
Show the HTML source of the current page, using the viewer program that was installed as HTML source viewer.
Save source...
Opens a standard file requester. After you type a file name or select a file, the HTML source of the current page is saved. If the selected file already exists, you have the choice to:

About...
Opens a window with version information. If the current window has an ARexx port, the name is shown here.

Quit
Quit AWeb after confirmation. If you confirm, all pending network operations are cancelled.

Control menu

The Control menu offers functions to control the operation of AWeb, other than cache functions.
Load images now
Initiates the load of images in the current document. This menu item has 2 sub-items:
All images
Initiates the load of all images in the current document that aren't loaded yet.
Pressing the button will do the same.
Maps only
Initiates the load of all clickable maps in the current document that aren't loaded already.

Network status...
Open the network status window, or bring it up to front if it is already open.
Pressing the button will do the same.
Reload current
Reload the current document. The page is deleted from the cache, and retrieved again.
Pressing the button will do the same.
Cancel load
Interrupt (cancel) the load of a page in this window. Background loads cannot be cancelled by this menu function, use the cancel button in the network status window instead.
Pressing the button, or pressing the Esc key will do the same.

Next window
Activates and brings up to front the next window. Only available in the registered version.
Previous window
Activates and brings up to front the previous window. Only available in the registered version.

HTML mode
Select the way HTML should be interpreted in this window. This menu item has 2 sub-items:
Strict
Let AWeb follow the HTML standard.
Compatible
Let AWeb be compatible with other browsers that are buggy. Useful for viewing a page that was composed with such a buggy browser.

Disable proxy?
If you have proxies configured, you can select this menu item to toggle the use of proxies on and off. This feature is included because some proxies tend to handle forms and authorized requests incorrectly.

Cache menu

The Cache menu offers functions to flush the cache, and to save or fluch the cached authorizations.
Flush images in current
Inlined images that appear in the current document are deleted from both the memory and disk caches. Note that if the image also appears in another document, it is undisplayed in that document, too.
Flush old images
Inlined images that do not appear in any currently displayed document are deleted from both the memory and disk caches.
Flush all images
The image cache is cleared completely. After this function, no images are left in the cache.
Flush documents
All documents that are not currently displayed are deleted from the cache.

Save authorizations
Save the current authorization details.
Flush authorizations
Forget all the current authorization details. Note that this flushes the internal authorizations cache only. To flush the disk cache too, you have to select Cache / Save authorizations afterwards.

Navigate menu

The Navigate menu offers functions to navigate in the document history.
Back
Walk back one document through the window history. The window history contains all pages viewed before in this window.
Pressing the button, or using the Alt + cursor left key combination, will do the same.
Forward
Walk forward one document through the window history. The window history contains all pages viewed before in this window. Note that the window history is currently linear, without branches. That means that if you walk back a few steps, then retrieve another page, the window history "after" that page will be forgotten.
Pressing the button, or using the Alt + cursor right key combination, will do the same.
Home document
Retrieve the URL that is configured as your home page.
Pressing the button will do the same.

Window history
Show the window history. The current document is marked.

Hotlist menu

The Hotlist menu offers functions to use the hotlist, or to read foreign hotlists.
Add to hotlist
Add the current document to your hotlist. Currently, the hotlist is linear, not hierarchical.
Pressing the button will do the same.
Show hotlist
Show the hotlist in the browser window.
Pressing the button will do the same.

AMosaic (ARexx)
Show the ARexx-based hotlist of AMosaic 1.2. AWeb expects it to reside under the name ENV:mosaic/hotlist.html.
AMosaic (2.0)
Show the hierarchical hotlist of AMosaic 2.0 (pre-release). AWeb expects it to reside under the name ENV:mosaic/.mosaic-hotlist-default.
Other...
Opens a standard file requester, from which you can select other hierarchical hotlists. These include hotlists saved by older versions of IBrowse, and other hotlists created by AWeb.

Settings menu

The Settings menu offers functions to configure AWeb.
Image loading
This menu item provides a quick way to set the image loading. It has 3 sub-items: with the same meaning as the choices in the image loading chooser.
Change settings...
Brings up the settings requester.
Save settings
Save the current settings.
This function will take a snapshot of your window positions first.

Help menu

The Help menu offers you more information.
Documentation
Shows the AWeb manual in this window.

AWeb home page
Retrieves the AWeb Home page. A TCP stack must be running, and you must be connected to the Internet for this function to work.
AWeb FAQ
Retrieves the AWeb FAQ. A TCP stack must be running, and you must be connected to the Internet for this function to work.

ARexx menu

The ARexx menu offers functions to start ARexx macros. Currently you can only start a macro from a file selector, but in the future you can configure your own ARexx macro menu.
Start ARexx macro...
Opens a standard file requester. After you select an ARexx macro, that macro will be executed with the original window as default port.