Clicking mouse button 1 on the WWW button launches your browser program (the button stays depressed and inoperative until you exit the mailer program). Button 3 is used to visit the URL that is the current X selection (e.g., highlighted with the mouse in some application). If your browser is supported (Netscape and lynx are the ones I've tested; hippo is supported but as yet, I think, is nonexistent), then WWW starts the browser unless it's already running; if it's running, WWW sends the browser instructions to go to the selected URL. This is useful, e.g., for visiting web pages that are mentioned in news articles, email, etc.
Thanks to Seth Golub for the idea of using the X selection in this way.
Client WWWTo set the variable XXXX to the value YYYY, in your ~/.tkgoodstuffrc, include the line:
set XXXX YYYYHere are the variables relating to WWW and their default values (notes: (i) $XXX means: the value of our variable XXX; (ii) "$env(XXXX)" means: the value of the environment variable XXXX):
Variable | Function | Possible Values | Default |
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WWW_browser | Browser name | (netscape, lynx, hippo, etc.) | $TKG_browser |
WWW_launch_command | The command to start your browser | (unix command) | (default depends on $WWW_browser) |
WWW_text | Text on WWW button | (text string) | (default depends on $WWW_browser) |
WWW_imagefile | Image on WWW button | (file containing image) | (default depends on $WWW_browser) |
WWW_foreground WWW_background WWW_activeforeground WWW_activebackground |
Colors for icons. Foreground works only with bitmaps. | (standard) | $TKGbuttonforeground $TKGbuttonbackground $WWW_foreground $TKGactivebackground |