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Menus of the Page Window

File

The File pull-down menu. You use it to operate on Pages either locally or remotely over the network.

New MiniWeb: Creates a new MiniWeb.
New Page: Creates a new, empty page window.
Open...: Starts the Open dialogue that lets you browse (either locally or remotely on a NaviServer) for files or allows you to specify the URL directly. You may also choose how you want the file manipulated (e.g., you can open an HTML page as a Text page and see the tags).
Close: Closes the Page window. Prompts if you have unsaved changes.
Save: Saves the current Page.
Save As...: Invokes the Save As dialogue, to save the Page either locally or on the network. Lets you choose formats and various options.
Import...: Invokes the Import dialogue, to import a file as text or HTML into the current page.
Delete...: Invokes the Delete dialogue, to let you browse through the directory system and delete URLs.
Print: Invokes the Print Setup dialogue, to let
Setup...: you specify printers and their characteristics.
Print: Invokes the Print dialogue, to let you send the Page to a printer.
Exit: Exits GNNpress. Prompts if you have unsaved changes.

Edit

The Edit pull-down menu. You use it to modify your Page.

Undo: Undoes the last editing operation (some operations, like Insert File may not be undone). There is no limit to the number of Undo's, so in theory you can to keep Undoing until you return to your original page.
Redo: Reverses the last Undo.
Cut: Saves the selection to the clipboard and then deletes it.
Copy: Saves the selection to the clipboard.
Paste: Transfers the contents of the clipboard to the current Page, either at the current insertion point or deleting the selection. If the clipboard contains an URL from a Copy URL command, then if there is a selection the selection becomes a link to that URL, if not then a link to that URL is inserted with the title of the page as the anchor.
Clear: Deletes the selection without saving it.
Select All: Selects the entire page.
Copy URL of Page: Saves the URL of the current page (or if the selection contains a link then the URL in the link) into the clipboard in such a way that pasting it yields a link.
Paste URL: Equivalent to Paste, except the URL is pasted and the selection (if there is one) becomes the anchor to a hyperlink. If there is no selection, then the title of the URL becomes the new anchor.
Find/Replace: Invokes the Find/Replace dialogue. This has lots of options to find and replace text.
Find Next: Repeats the last Find without presenting a dialogue.

Element

The Element pull-down menu. You use it to add special features to your Page.

Get Attribute: Invokes the appropriate dialogue for manipulating the selection (i.e., Link dialogue for a link, Image dialogue for an image, etc.)
Horizontal Rule: Adds a horizontal line at the insertion point.
Forced Line Break: Forces a line break at the insertion point.
Link...: Invokes a dialogue that lets you attach links to a selection. If the selection contains an existing link, shows whatever the link points to and allows you to alter or remove it.
Anchor...: Invokes a dialogue that allows you to attach a name to a point in the page. This name may be used in links to move to that point in a page.
Image...: Insert an inline image into the page. Invokes a dialogue allowing you to pick a picture to insert and provide alignment information.
Image Map...: If the selection contains an image, invokes a dialogue that allows you to make a clickable image and helps you develop a map file for it.
Unlink: Removes the current link.
Special Tag...: Allows you to insert an HTML tag, even a tag that GNNpress does not understand. Select text, bring up this dialogue, and type in a tag. GNNpress brackets region by a begin tag and an end tag. With no selection the tag you entered is inserted without an end tag. If GNNpress recognizes the tag you insert, it checks that you are using it appropriately. You may also change attributes on the paragraph you are in by typing in the paragraph's tag followed by new attributes.

Format

The Format pull-down menu. You use it to add structure and appearance to your Page.

Format menu selection in the Page menu (short menu on right)

Exit List Format: Creates a new paragraph outside the current format item (e.g., list, form, heading, preformatted paragraph, etc.) and puts the cursor there.
Remove List Format: Removes the current formatting. If the cursor is in a list, heading, ... it undoes the formatting of the entire list, heading, etc.
Type Style: Invokes another pull-down menu that shows the various emphases defined by HTML and allows you to pick one to apply to the selection.
Heading: Invokes another pull-down menu that lets you to turn the selection into one of six levels of headings.
Paragraph: Invokes another pull-down menu that lets you create one of several types of paragraphs.
List: Invokes another pull-down menu that lets you create one of three types of lists-Numbered, Unnumbered, Definition. It also lets you reverse terms and definitions in a Definition list.
Form...: Insert a form. This requires that you give the URL of a Tcl, C, or CGI script on your server that runs when the form is submitted.
Show Borders: Draws a border around forms and lists so you can see where they end. If the border exists, command changes to Hide Borders.
Style Sheet...: Invokes a dialogue allowing you to change the mapping between HTML elements and the screen format.

Tools

The Tools pull-down menu. You use it to show information in your Page and customize GNNpress.

Show HTML...

Brings up a small window showing the HTML text for the current page.

Check Links...

Invokes a dialogue that runs through all the links in the current page and checks to make sure the URLs they reference exist.

NaviLink Page...

Invokes a dialogue that asks you for a server. It then searches the server to find other pages that are related to the current page and suggests links to them.

Search Server...

Invokes a dialogue that lets you query a server. It brings up an HTML page with a list of all the search methods available on the server. Clicking on a link brings up a search form.

Administer Server

Invokes a dialogue that lets you administer a server. After you select the server, GNNpress launches an HTML page with links to the administration functions for the server.

Administer Page

Invokes a submenu consisting of:

Pricing...: Brings up an HTML page with a form that allows you to control the "cost" of retreiving the current page from the current server (you will probably be prompted for a username and password before being allowed to do this).
Permissions...: Brings up an HTML page with a form that allows you to control who can access the current page on the current server (you will probably be prompted for a username and password before being allowed to do this).
Archive Versions...: Brings up an HTML page showing a list of all the archived versions of the current page on the server and allows you to select one to look at.
Describe Page...: Brings up a dialogue asking for a server. It then brings up an HTML page with a form which allows you to add meta-data descriptions for the current page (note the current page need not be on the server).

Preferences

Invokes a submenu consisting of:

General: Allows you to set various things that refer generally to GNNpress.
Extensions/MIME...: This associates a MIME type to a filename extension. These only refer to files read locally from the disk or to files retrieved by some access method other than http.
MIME / Viewers...: If GNNpress does not know how to display a file then it will look through this list which associates MIME types to programs, and if it finds something will run that program on the given file.
Save Filters...: This allows you to specify a program to be run to perform a translation from html into some other format. All these translation types will be displayed allong with the default ones (HTML, TEXT) in the Save As dialogue box.
MiniWeb Icons...: This allows you to associate an icon with a MIME type. The icon will be displayed in the graphical miniweb view to indicate a file with the given MIME type.
Naviservers...: The search, NaviLink and publish commands all need a server to publish to. This provides one way to enter that information. It is probably more convenient to get it by loading the appropriate link, but that is not always possible.

Browse

The Browse pull-down menu. You use it to efficiently find and display new or old Pages.

Backward: As you follow hyperlinks in the Web, a history of Pages is built up. Lets you traverse backward through the history.
Forward: Walks forward through the window history.
Stop: Aborts any outstanding read requests controlled by this window.
Reload Page: Reloads the current page (and all images in it) from the server.
Global History...: Invokes a dialogue showing all pages you have looked at in this session. You choose to view one by double-clicking on it.
Hot List...: Invokes a dialogue of pages you have thought important enough to stash their URLs in a list. You choose to view one by double-clicking on it or pressing Fetch.
Add to Hot List: Adds the current Page's URL to the Hot List.

Window

This menu appears in MS Windows only. With these commands you can arrange the Page and MiniWeb windows in your workspace.

Tile: Arranges your Page or MiniWeb windows so that they are visible side-by-side or bottom-to-top.
Cascade: Arranges your Page or MiniWeb windows so that they overlap and their Titles are visible.
Arrange Icons: Arranges icons of minimized Page or MiniWeb windows.

Help

Help menu selection in the Page menu

Contents...: Shows a hyperlinked table of contents to the GNNpress documentation.
Search for Help...: Invokes a dialogue that lets you search the documentation on key words.
Examples...: Shows examples of uses of GNNpress.
FAQ...: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Tech Support...: Shows e-mail addresses and telephone numbers for technical support. Clicking the mail link activates a dialogue to send us a mail message.
About GNNpress...: Shows marketing information aboutGNNpress, plus the version number of your copy.