.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mothra
[
-.B -dv
+.B -va
]
[
.B -m
Web names, called URLs, have a peculiar syntax:
.IP
.EX
-http://netlib.att.com/netlib/1127/www/1127.html
-http://akebono.stanford.edu:80/yahoo/
-http://www.teleport.com/~crowell/
+http://9front.org/
+https://code.9front.org/plan9front/
+http://cat-v.org/
.EE
.PP
The part up to the first colon gives the protocol for
.PP
There are a number of options:
.TP
-.B -d
-Debug mode. Causes debug messages to appear in
-.B $home/lib/mothra/mothra.err.
+.B -a
+Alt display. Starts in alt display mode, see menu
+commands table below.
.TP
.B -m
Specify the
.B /mnt/web.
.TP
.B -v
-Verbose mode. Causes HTML errors to appear in
-.B $home/lib/mothra/mothra.err.
+Verbose mode. Causes HTML errors to be printed
+on file-descriptor 2.
.PP
The display contains the last message from
.I mothra,
.B moth mode
menu option again exits moth mode.
.TP
-.B snarf url
-Copy the current URL to the snarf buffer.
+.B snarf
+Copy the current entry text or selected page text to snarf buffer.
+If nothing is selected, the current URL is copied.
.TP
.B paste
-Paste the current snarf buffer at the current cursor position.
+Paste the snarf buffer to the current text entry.
+.TP
+.B search
+Search for a regular expression in the current page.
.TP
.B save hit
Save the current URL to the hit list.
.I n
from the list of previously viewed pages.
.TP
+.BI k
+Kill images on the current page.
+.TP
.BI m
Enter or exit moth mode.
.TP
.SH FILES
.B $home/lib/mothra/hit.html
the hit list
-.br
-.B $home/lib/mothra/mothra.err
-log of debug and/or error messages, including HTML syntax errors
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/mothra
.SH "SEE ALSO"
is distributed in a preliminary state; it has more than its share of bugs. Note that
.I mothra,
like the other Guardian Monsters, has no particular concern for humanity.
+.SH HISTORY
+.I Mothra
+first appeared in Plan 9 from Bell Labs (1995). It was later modified for inclusion in
+9front (September, 2011).