Is there a back-"button" in w3m?

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Does w3m offer a keyboard shortcut to go back one page? I couldn't find anything in the man pages.

score 36 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 28 '15 at 08:47

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It's B (Shift-B). It's the shortcut for previous buffer in w3m jargon.

See the Manual or a short introduction here.

edited Oct 28 '15 at 08:47

Archemar

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answered Oct 12 '10 at 09:06

Riccardo Murri

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The keyboard shortcuts can be found in /usr/share/doc/w3m-0.5.2/doc/MANUAL.html (or where ever your w3m is installed). – fschmitt Oct 12 '10 at 09:20
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Within w3m, press `H` to show the list of key bindings. – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Oct 12 '10 at 17:52
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Related question: How could I assign `F` to going forward? – Olle Härstedt Aug 30 '17 at 18:54

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '20 at 03:02

the default Shift-b actually closes the current buffer so you can't go forward in history again. You can instead map your own hotkeys. e.g using H and L to go back and fort in the current buffers history

$EDITOR ~/.w3m/keymap

############################ Switch to the next buffer (NEXT)
keymap  L       NEXT
############################ Switch to the previous buffer (PREV)
keymap  H       PREV

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 27 '21 at 17:39

w3m keeps each page in a buffer, press s to see a list of buffers. This allows you to select the previous, it has the benefit of not closing the current buffer (unlike B).

Unrelated but I've just discovered that Insert brings up a useful menu, including s for select buffer.

Is there a back-"button" in w3m?

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