Welcome to Dillo 0.6.2

We really hope you enjoy using Dillo, but please bear in mind that it's alpha SW.

Before you get started exploring the www using this program, be sure to keep an eye on the hints and tricks we collected here and which probably will answer some questions that could come to your mind later. :)

• You can tell a link from plain content by the hand-shaped cursor.
• Besides browsing the web, Dillo also has basic file browsing capabilities included. So, entering file: in your Dillo URL window will give you the contents of your current working directory, and file:~ entered in the same place will point your Dillo browser right to your home directory...
• Dillo, at this stage of development, yet is not ready to render pages that utilize frames. Nevertheless, it comes with a tiny handler (lynx/w3m like) that will let you choose wich frame to visit, one by one.
• File downloads using Dillo are right now only supported through http. To download a file through http, right-click the link you are about to save and do a "save link as...". The program will notify you when the download is finished.
• File downloading through ftp currently requires the usage of external tools. Best way to do so if you have to download a file through ftp is to actually get the full URI of the ftp file (right mouse button on link, "Copy link location...") and to then paste it into whichever external download aid that comes to your mind, like the X-Downloader or a terminal where you enter "wget" and then post the link URI using the middle mouse button...

• You can scroll around your Dillo main window using [CTRL]+{PgUp|PgDwn|Home|End} or using the mouse middle button. If nothing happens when keys are pressed, try focussing your Dillo main window, first, by clicking it (not on any link!:)).
• Same way, you can use [ALT]+"," and [ALT]+"." to navigate forward and backward in your history (mnemonic: those keys are usually labeled "<" and ">").
• Remember that your Dillo browser will, in most cases, be more stable if you let it completely load the main page first before moving on following any link (you don't have to care about images here, anyhow).
• Whenever you feel like customizing your Dillo browser or are somewhat unhappy with the way it looks or acts, you might want to check your dillorc file (located in $HOME/.dillo/dillorc or /etc/dillorc) which holds quite an amount of options on how to configure appearance and behaviour of the D. This file is very well commented, so you won't feel lost moving around in there.
• Clicking the "Reload" button always will request an end-to-end reload of the site currently viewed, but it will *not* reload embedded images during this process.
• Following the desires of modern desktop users, Dillo also features removable control panels, so you are able to rip the main menu, the URI window and the navigation bar out of the program main window (by dragging them from the leftmost part) and place them wherever you want on your desktop.

This one is very useful; it can be found in the right-mouse-button menu or with [CTRL]+"F".
Find text is tuned for speed so don't hesitate to use it even for the minimal searches.

Semantics:

• You can search for substrings, words and sentences.
• To find a substring or word, just enter its text.
• To find a left-aligned substring, preceed it with a space.
• To find a right-aligned substring, append a space to it.
• To find full words only, preceed and append spaces to them.
• To find a sentence, enter its words and remember that the above rules apply for every word in it.

Dillo will scroll the page so matched text appears on top (first line), unless the match is on the last page, in which case you should continue on your own :)

Currently, navigation history supports the navigation-stack model; just right-click on the Back or Forward buttons and they will popup!

Remember:

• These history menus are relative to the current page.
• They show the page-title but the status bar shows the URL.
• Left-click jumps to the selected item.
• Middle-click opens the item in a new browser window.