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Amaya is mainly an editor with browsing capabilities. When
used as a browser, it behaves like many other Web browsers, except for activating links. In normal operation Amaya
allows you to browse and edit documents simultaneously, but you can change
this standard behavior for each document window independently. The button shows up that the window
is in editor mode: you can edit the current document and browse in this
window. By clicking on that button, you switch the window to browser mode. The
button is then displayed as
and you can only browse and fill in forms.
Links are usually displayed in blue (or underlined on monochrome displays). As Amaya is an editor, by default a single click just moves the insertion point. Thus, to activate a link, you must double click on it. This behavior can be changed as well as many other parameters using a preferences menu. By changing the "Double click activates link", you can browse documents with a simple-click. In that case, you cannot easily put the insert point within anchors: you have to use the drag and/or arrows to move the insert point within an anchor.
The document retrieved by this operation normally replaces the current document in the same window, in the same mode (editor or browser ). However, if the current document has been modified and has not been saved yet, another window is created for the new document, to avoid losing last changes.
Some pieces of text can be displayed with a target icon
. These icons are not part
of the document and can be displayed or hidden just by controlling the "Show
targets" status of the current window. Entry "Show targets" of menu "Views"
allows you to control that status, window by window.
These icons are associated to target elements, i.e. elements with
an ID
attribute, or target anchors, i.e. anchors with a
name
attribute. They identify possible targets for links. These
icons are intended to make the creation of links easier. As you can quickly
recognize the possible target of a link, you can create links faster.
You can open local or remote documents in several different ways:
When the document is correctly specified, click on the Confirm button.
Two buttons: and
allow you to go back to the previous page or forward to the
next one.