### CONFIGURATION / CONTROL:
-The general idea is that uzbl by default is very bare bones. you can send it commands to update settings and perform actions, through various interfaces. (TODO: some default settings)
-For examples, please see the sample config(s).
+The general idea is that uzbl by default is very bare bones. you can send it commands to update settings and perform actions, through various interfaces.
+There is a limited default configuration. Please see config.h to see what it contains.
+By default, there are *no* keybinds defined at all. (Default keybinds would work counterproductive when you try to customize)
+For examples of the possibilities what you can do, please see the sample config(s).
There are several interfaces to interact with uzbl:
* uzbl --config <filename>: <filename> will be read line by line, and the commands in it will be executed. useful to configure uzbl at startup.
# uzbl will load the url when you type: 'o <url><enter>'
bind o _ = uri %s
- # a search action which is called on every character you type after the slash, letting you see the search narrow down on the words as you type it. Hitting return, enter or esc will terminate the search.
+ # a search action which is called on every character typed after the slash, letting you see the search narrow down while typing.
+ # Hitting return, enter or esc will terminate the search.
bind /* = search %s
# when you type `ZZ` and nothing else, the exit action will be triggered immediately.
bind ZZ = exit
ACT <action>
This tells uzbl to execute an action immediately. The simplest example of this would be `act exit`; you know what that'll do.
- KEYCMD <string>
-This sets the interactive command buffer to `<string>`. Keycmd is primarily useful for scripts that help you type a command while still letting you edit it before execution.
-For example, if you have a binding like "o _" that opens an URL, then you could create a binding `O` that spawns a script which will set the command buffer to "o current-uri-here", letting you enter relative URLs easily.
(See sample config)
### ACTIONS
-Actions are invoked via bindings and by the ACT command. Most actions are self-explanatory, though a few need to be clarified. A list of action follows:
-
- * `back`
- * `forward`
- * `scroll_vert <amount>`
- * `scroll_horiz <amount>`
- * `scroll_begin`
- * `scroll_end`
- * `reload`
- * `reload_ign_cache`
- * `stop`
- * `zoom_in`
- * `zoom_out`
- * `uri <address>`
- * `script <body>`
- - execute the javascript in `<body>`
- - remember that the commands, and thus actions, must not contain line breaks
- * `toggle_status`
- * `spawn <executable> <additonal args>`
- - runs a command; see EXTERNAL SCRIPTS for details
- - PATH is searched so giving the full path to commands is not neccessary
- * `sh <script body>`
- - runs a command by expanding `%s` in shell_cmd with the script body; primarily useful as a shortcut for `spawn sh -c <body>`
- * `exit`
- * `search <string>`
- * `search_reverse <string>`
- * `insert_mode`
- * `runcmd`
- - can be used for running a command such as SET or BIND
+Actions are invoked via bindings and by the ACT command. Most actions are self-explanatory, though a few need to be clarified. A list of
+actions follows:
+
+* `back`
+* `forward`
+* `scroll_vert <amount>`
+* `scroll_horz <amount>`
+ - amount is given in pixels(?) or as a percentage of the size of the view
+ - set amount to 100% to scroll a whole page
+* `scroll_begin`
+* `scroll_end`
+* `reload`
+* `reload_ign_cache`
+* `stop`
+* `zoom_in`
+* `zoom_out`
+* `uri <address>`
+* `js <body>`
+ - execute the javascript in `<body>`
+ - remember that the commands, and thus actions, must not contain line breaks
+* `script <file>`
+ - execute the javascript in `<file>`
+* `toggle_status`
+* `spawn <executable> <additonal args>`
+ - runs a command; see EXTERNAL SCRIPTS for details
+ - PATH is searched so giving the full path to commands is not neccessary
+ - note that the arguments as specified in "EXTERNAL SCRIPTS" are appended at the end, so the argument numbers will be higher.
+* `sh <command>`
+ - runs a shell command by expanding `%s` in the `shell_cmd` variable with the specified command; primarily useful as a shortcut for `spawn sh -c <body>`
+ - note that the arguments as specified in "EXTERNAL SCRIPTS" are appended at the end, so the argument numbers will be higher.
+* `exit`
+* `search <string>`
+* `search_reverse <string>`
+ - search with no string will search for the next/previous occurrence of the string previously searched for
+* `toggle_insert_mode <optional state>`
+ - if the optional state is 0, disable insert mode. If 1, enable insert mode.
+* `runcmd`
+ - can be used for running a command such as SET or BIND
+* `keycmd <string>`
+* `keycmd_nl <string>`
+ - keycmd sets the interactive command buffer to `<string>`. If the given string is a valid binding, it will execute. `Keycmd_nl` is like `keycmd`, but it also emulates a press of return, causing bindings with a parameter to execute. For example, `keycmd_nl o google.com` would load the said url if you have a binding like `bind o _ = uri %s`.
+* `keycmd_bs`
+ - erase (backspace) one character from the command buffer
+* `chain <action> <action> ..`
+ - use for chaining multiple actions
+ - remember to quote the actions; one action must come as one parameter
### VARIABLE REPLACEMENT
projects / uzbl-mobile / blobdiff