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.TH SURF 1 surf\-VERSION
.SH NAME
surf \- simple webkit-based browser
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B surf
.RB [-bBdDfFgGiIkKmMnNpPsSvx]
.RB [-a\ cookiepolicies]
.RB [-c\ cookiefile]
.RB [-e\ xid]
.RB [-r\ scriptfile]
.RB [-t\ stylefile]
.RB [-u\ useragent]
.RB [-z\ zoomlevel]
.RB "URI"
.SH DESCRIPTION
surf is a simple Web browser based on WebKit/GTK+. It is able
to display websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol
which makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore,
one can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a cookiepolicies
Define the order of
.I cookie policies.
The default is "Aa@" but could be
redefined in the
.I config.h,
with "A" meaning to
accept all cookies, "a" to deny all cookies and "@", which tells surf to
accept no third party cookies.
.TP
.B \-b
Disable Scrollbars
.TP
.B \-B
Enable Scrollbars
.TP
.B \-c cookiefile 
Specify the
.I cookiefile
to use.
.TP
.B \-d
Disable the disk cache.
.TP
.B \-D
Enable the disk cache.
.TP
.B \-e xid
Reparents to window specified by
.I xid.
.TP
.B \-f
Run surf in fullscreen mode.
.TP
.B \-F
Disable to run in fullscreen by default.
.TP
.B \-g
Disable giving the geolocation to websites.
.TP
.B \-G
Enable giving the geolocation to websites.
.TP
.B \-i
Disable Images
.TP
.B \-I
Enable Images
.TP
.B \-k
Disable kiosk mode (disable key strokes and right click)
.TP
.B \-K
Enable kiosk mode (disable key strokes and right click)
.TP
.B \-m
Disable the site-specific styles.
.TP
.B \-M
Enable the site-specific styles.
.TP
.B \-n
Disable the Web Inspector (Developer Tools).
.TP
.B \-N
Enable the Web Inspector (Developer Tools).
.TP
.B \-p
Disable Plugins
.TP
.B \-P
Enable Plugins
.TP
.B \-r scriptfile 
Specify the user
.I scriptfile.
.TP
.B \-s
Disable Javascript
.TP
.B \-S
Enable Javascript
.TP
.B \-t stylefile
Specify the user
.I stylefile.
This does disable the site-specific styles.
.TP
.B \-u useragent 
Specify the
.I useragent
which surf should use.
.TP
.B \-v
Prints version information to standard output, then exits.
.TP
.B \-x
Prints xid to standard output. This can be used to script the browser in for
example
.BR xdotool(1).
.TP
.B \-z zoomlevel 
Specify the
.I zoomlevel
which surf should use.
.BR xprop(1).
.SH USAGE
.B Escape
Stops loading current page or stops download.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-h
Walks back the history.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-l
Walks forward the history.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-k
Scrolls page upwards.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-j
Scrolls page downwards.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-b
Scroll up one whole page view.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Space
Scroll down one whole page view.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-i
Scroll horizontally to the right.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-u
Scroll horizontally to the left.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-k or Ctrl\-+
Zooms page in.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-j or Ctrl\--
Zooms page out
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-q
Resets Zoom
.TP
.B Ctrl\-f and Ctrl\-/
Opens the search-bar.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-n
Go to next search result.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-n
Go to previous search result.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-g
Opens the URL-bar (requires dmenu installed).
.TP
.B Ctrl\-p
Loads URI from primary selection.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-p
Calls Printpage Dialog.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-r
Reloads the website.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-r
Reloads the website without using the cache.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-y
Copies current URI to primary selection.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-o
Show the sourcecode of the current page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-a
Toggle through the the
.I cookie policies.
This will not reload the page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-b
Toggle scrollbars. This will reload the page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-c
Toggle caret browsing. This will reload the page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-i
Toggle auto-loading of images. This will reload the page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-m
Toggle if the
.I stylefile 
file should be loaded. This will reload the page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-o
Open the Web Inspector (Developer Tools) window for the current page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-s
Toggle script execution. This will reload the page.
.TP
.B Ctrl\-Shift\-v
Toggle the enabling of plugins on that surf instance. This will reload the
page.
.TP
.B F11
Toggle fullscreen mode.
.SH INDICATORS OF OPERATION
Surf is showing indicators of operation in front of the site title.
For all indicators, unless otherwsie specified, a lower case letter means disabled and an upper case letter means enabled.
.TP
.B A
all cookies accepted
.TP
.B a
no cookies accepted
.TP
.B @
all except third-party cookies accepted
.TP
.B c C
caret browsing
.TP
.B g G
geolocation
.TP
.B d D
disk cache
.TP
.B i I
images
.TP
.B s S
scripts
.TP
.B v V
plugins
.TP
.B m M
styles
.SH INDICATORS OF WEB PAGE
The second part of the indicators specifies modes of the web page itself.
.SS First character: encryption
.TP
.B -
unencrypted
.TP
.B T
encrypted (SSL)
.TP
.B U
attempted encryption but failed
.SS Second character: proxying
.TP
.B -
no proxy
.TP
.B P
using proxy
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.B SURF_USERAGENT
If this variable is set upon startup, surf will use it as the
.I useragent
string
.TP
.B http_proxy
If this variable is set and not empty upon startup, surf will use it as the http proxy
.SH PLUGINS
For using plugins in surf, first determine your running architecture. Then get
the appropriate plugin for that architecture and copy it to
.BR /usr/lib/browser-plugins
or
.BR /usr/lib64/browser-plugins.
Surf should load them automatically.
.BR
If you want to use a 32bit plugin on a 64bit system,
.BR nspluginwrapper(1)
will help you.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dmenu(1),
.BR xprop(1),
.BR tabbed(1),
.BR nspluginwrapper(1),
.BR xdotool(1)
.SH BUGS
Please report them!