Line Editor Keystroke Guide

1. edit forms,
2. to respond to prompts,
3. define names for bookmarked URLs, and
4. compose comments via mailto links or the 'c' command if an external editor has not been defined via the Options Menu.

Cursor Movement Keystrokes

1. move back one character: left-arrow
2. move forward one character: right-arrow
3. move cursor forward one word: control-N
4. move cursor back one word: control-P
5. go to the begining of the line: control-A, <home> <find>
6. go to the end of the line: control-E, <end>, or <select> control-L, and control-W,
7. move to the next input field: control-I
   • control-I performs the same function as the TAB key
8. move to the next line: control-J or control-M
9. input complete: <enter> or carriage return
10. abort/cancel input: control-G or control-O

Deleting

1. delete previous character: control-H, <DEL>, or <remove>
2. delete current character: control-D
   • note: at the end of a line, control-D rubs out the preceding char.
3. delete next character: control-R
4. delete next word: control-F
5. delete previous word: control-B
6. delete entire line: control-U or control-X

Case Conversion

• convert to all uppercase characters: control-T
• convert to all lowercase characters: control-K

Miscellaneous Keystroke Commands

• undo: control-G and control-O
  • while control-G and control-O can undo typing and erasures the undo keys work in a very confusing manner, so proceed with caution!
• refresh screen: control-L and control-W
• suspend Lynx: control-Z
• exit Lynx unconditionally: control-C
• kill Lynx: control-\ (control-backslash)
  • note: exiting Lynx with control-backslash may result in a core dump; the dumped file will be named lynx26.core
• stop/restart input: control-S or control-Q
• pause one keystroke: control-[ (control-left bracket)
  • note: this is a traditional UN*X ESC sequence
• apparently nothing: control-V, control-Y, control-@, control-caret, control-underline, control-right bracket

encoded and expanded by Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net