MANUAL FOR WEBBC (6502 ROM image)
This file describes the ROM image WEBBC which attempts to render HTML files
from the current filing system into a readable format.
The manual and software are (C)1998 SPROW
INSTRUCTIONS-
At any command line prompt,eg.the BASIC command prompt '>' type
ON A MASTER: *SRLOAD WEBBC 8000 <socket#>
*INSERT <socket#>
where <socket#> may be 7,6,5,4
ON A MACHINE WITH SWRAM: *LOAD WEBBC 8000
and press CTRL-BREAK to initialise.
The image will then be installed into the chosen socket where it can be entered
with *WEBBC if in a valid mode.Valid modes are 0,3,4,and 6.
The useage of WebBC is easy,and all actions are entered by pressing CTRL-key
combinations as detailed below.
COMMANDS-
CTRL-U Enter a URL (well,valid filing system filename really)
URL names can be upto 255 characters long
CTRL-C Enter an OS star command
The screen will clear and star commands will be interpretted until
a blank line is entered
CTRL-B Go back one position in the history list
CTRL-F Go forward one position in the history list
CTRL-H Go home
CTRL-R Reload the last valid URL entered
Escape Stop whatever is being done
TAGS UNDERSTOOD-
None.All tags are ignored.
EXIT MESSAGES-
"Escape" - the user pressed escape while at the command line
"Not found" - invalid URL name was entered,ie.the HTML file couldn't be opened
"Corrupted history list" - another task inside the BBC has overwritten part
of the history list.Usually,you'll have to press
break to clear this.
"Bad MODE" - you attempted to start WebBC in an unsupported mode.
KNOWN PROBLEMS/FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS-
No known problems
Better interpretation of HTML 'tags' and better filetyping.
Caching of files,rather than multiple BGETs which will be inefficient over
the Econet etc...
HISTORY-
V0.10 Beta release to webpages,with no tag support at all