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<preface id="foreword"><title>Foreword</title>

<para>

	ELinks is lacking proper documentation. For a long time the old <ulink
	url="http://links.sourceforge.net/docs/manual-0.90-en/">Links
	manual</ulink> has been the only real documentation available besides
	the man pages.  This is an attempt at providing an ELinks user
	reference manual.  It is a work in progress. Donations or comments are
	very welcome. See how to contribute in section "How to contribute"
	below.

</para>
<para>

	Much of this manual derives from the <ulink
	url="http://links.sourceforge.net/docs/manual-0.90-en/">Links
	manual</ulink> written by Cliff Cunnington,
	&lt;cliff@ccnet.demon.nl&gt;. Thanks to Cliff for the work he has made
	available.

</para>

<bridgehead>Status of this document</bridgehead>
<para>

	This is version &version; of the manual. It is a work in progress.
	Contributions are very welcome. Please consider to contribute if you
	see something missing. See how to contribute below.

</para>

<bridgehead>Available formats</bridgehead>
<para>

	The ELinks manual is available in the following formats:

</para>
<variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>HTML:</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
		<ulink url="http://elink.or.cz/documentation/manual/elinks-manual.html/"></ulink>
		</para>
		</listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>a plain text file:</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
		<ulink url="http://elink.or.cz/documentation/manual/elinks-manual.txt"></ulink>
		</para>
		</listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>HTML as a gzip'ed tar file:</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
		<ulink url="http://elink.or.cz/documentation/manual/elinks-manual.tgz"></ulink>
		</para>
		</listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>HTML as a zip file:</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
		<ulink url="http://elink.or.cz/documentation/manual/elinks-manual.zip"></ulink>
		</para>
		</listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>as well as a gzip'ed PostScript file:</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
		<ulink url="http://elink.or.cz/documentation/manual/elinks-manual.ps.gz"></ulink>
		</para>
		</listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
		<term>and a PDF file:</term>
		<listitem>
		<para>
		<ulink url="http://elink.or.cz/documentation/manual/elinks-manual.pdf"></ulink>
		</para>
		</listitem>
	</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>

	There can exist different versions of the manual.  But the the newest
	version will always be available at <ulink
	url="http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manual">the manuals page</ulink>
	at the ELinks homepage.

</para>

<bridgehead>How to contribute</bridgehead>
<para>

	This manual is written by ELinks users that wants to help other users.
	If you want to help us make the best ELinks manual possible your
	contribution will be very welcome.

</para>
<para>

	All help is useful; from people providing chapters of various features
	to people fixing bad grammer or typos. If you have suggestions to
	improve a chapter or some text snippet in the book we would be happy to
	hear from you.  We are open for all suggestions and constructive
	reviews.

</para>
<para>

	Further info about how to contribute can be found on the manuals
	homepage: <ulink url="http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manual">
	http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manual</ulink>.

</para>
</preface>
