1SURF(1) General Commands Manual SURF(1)
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6 surf - simple webkit-based browser
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9 surf [-bBdDfFgGiIkKmMnNpPsSvx] [-a cookiepolicies] [-c cookiefile]
10 [-e xid] [-r scriptfile] [-t stylefile] [-u useragent] [-z zoomlevel]
11 URI
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14 surf is a simple Web browser based on WebKit/GTK+. It is able to dis‐
15 play websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol which
16 makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore, one
17 can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties.
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20 -a cookiepolicies
21 Define the order of cookie policies. The default is "Aa@" but
22 could be redefined in the config.h, with "A" meaning to accept
23 all cookies, "a" to deny all cookies and "@", which tells surf
24 to accept no third party cookies.
25 -b Disable Scrollbars
27 -B Enable Scrollbars
29 -c cookiefile
31 Specify the cookiefile to use.
32 -d Disable the disk cache.
34 -D Enable the disk cache.
36 -e xid Reparents to window specified by xid.
38 -f Start surf in windowed mode (not fullscreen).
40 -F Start surf in fullscreen mode.
42 -g Disable giving the geolocation to websites.
44 -G Enable giving the geolocation to websites.
46 -i Disable Images
48 -I Enable Images
50 -k Disable kiosk mode (disable key strokes and right click)
52 -K Enable kiosk mode (disable key strokes and right click)
54 -m Disable application of user style sheets.
56 -M Enable application of user style sheets.
58 -n Disable the Web Inspector (Developer Tools).
60 -N Enable the Web Inspector (Developer Tools).
62 -p Disable Plugins
64 -P Enable Plugins
66 -r scriptfile
68 Specify the user scriptfile.
69 -s Disable Javascript
71 -S Enable Javascript
73 -t stylefile
75 Specify the user stylefile. This does disable the site-specific
76 styles.
77 -u useragent
79 Specify the useragent which surf should use.
80 -v Prints version information to standard output, then exits.
82 -x Prints xid to standard output. This can be used to script the
84 browser in for example xdotool(1).
85 -z zoomlevel
87 Specify the zoomlevel which surf should use. xprop(1).
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90 Escape Stops loading current page or stops download.
91 Ctrl-h Walks back the history.
93 Ctrl-l Walks forward the history.
95 Ctrl-k Scrolls page upwards.
97 Ctrl-j Scrolls page downwards.
99 Ctrl-b Scroll up one whole page view.
101 Ctrl-Space
103 Scroll down one whole page view.
104 Ctrl-i Scroll horizontally to the right.
106 Ctrl-u Scroll horizontally to the left.
108 Ctrl-Shift-k or Ctrl-+
110 Zooms page in.
111 Ctrl-Shift-j or Ctrl--
113 Zooms page out
114 Ctrl-Shift-q
116 Resets Zoom
117 Ctrl-f and Ctrl-/
119 Opens the search-bar.
120 Ctrl-n Go to next search result.
122 Ctrl-Shift-n
124 Go to previous search result.
125 Ctrl-g Opens the URL-bar (requires dmenu installed).
127 Ctrl-p Loads URI from primary selection.
129 Ctrl-Shift-p
131 Calls Printpage Dialog.
132 Ctrl-r Reloads the website.
134 Ctrl-Shift-r
136 Reloads the website without using the cache.
137 Ctrl-y Copies current URI to primary selection.
139 Ctrl-o Show the sourcecode of the current page.
141 Ctrl-Shift-a
143 Toggle through the the cookie policies. This will not reload
144 the page.
145 Ctrl-Shift-b
147 Toggle scrollbars. This will reload the page.
148 Ctrl-Shift-c
150 Toggle caret browsing. This will reload the page.
151 Ctrl-Shift-i
153 Toggle auto-loading of images. This will reload the page.
154 Ctrl-Shift-m
156 Toggle if the stylefile file should be loaded. This will reload
157 the page.
158 Ctrl-Shift-o
160 Open the Web Inspector (Developer Tools) window for the current
161 page.
162 Ctrl-Shift-s
164 Toggle script execution. This will reload the page.
165 Ctrl-Shift-v
167 Toggle the enabling of plugins on that surf instance. This will
168 reload the page.
169 F11 Toggle fullscreen mode.
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173 Surf is showing indicators of operation in front of the site title.
174 For all indicators, unless otherwise specified, a lower case letter
175 means disabled and an upper case letter means enabled.
176 A all cookies accepted
178 a no cookies accepted
180 @ all except third-party cookies accepted
182 c C caret browsing
184 g G geolocation
186 d D disk cache
188 i I images
190 s S scripts
192 v V plugins
194 m M styles
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198 The second part of the indicators specifies modes of the web page
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200 First character: encryption
202 - unencrypted
203 T encrypted (SSL)
205 U attempted encryption but failed
207 Second character: proxying
209 - no proxy
210 P using proxy
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214 SURF_USERAGENT If this variable is set upon startup, surf will use it
215 as the useragent string
216 http_proxy
218 If this variable is set and not empty upon startup, surf will
219 use it as the http proxy
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222 For using plugins in surf, first determine your running architecture.
223 Then get the appropriate plugin for that architecture and copy it to
224 /usr/lib/browser-plugins or /usr/lib64/browser-plugins. Surf should
225 load them automatically. If you want to use a 32bit plugin on a 64bit
226 system, nspluginwrapper(1) will help you.
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229 dmenu(1), xprop(1), tabbed(1), nspluginwrapper(1), xdotool(1)
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232 Please report them!
233 surf-2.0 SURF(1)