---
name: "wApua"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "wapua"
version: "0.06.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wApua"
---

# wApua(1p)

web browser for WAP WML pages

## NAME

wApua - web browser for WAP WML pages

## SYNOPSIS

- wApua \[-f *configfile*\] \[-d *debuglevel*\] \[*starturl*\]

  - wApua (-h\|--help\|--usage)

  ## DESCRIPTION

wApua is a browser for WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) pages written in the Wireless Markup Language (WML). It supports WML 1.1 and 1.2 except forms.

It is written in Perl and uses the Perl/Tk library for its GUI and libwww-perl for the network parts. So it supports all transport protocols, libwww-perl (LWP) supports.

## OPTIONS

- \-h, --help, --usage

  Shows a summary of options.

- \-v, --version

  Shows the version of wApua.

- \-d *n*, --debug=*n*

  Sets the level of debug output to *n*.

## CONFIGURATION

The system-wide default configuration can be changed in wApua::Config

Per-user configuration can be done by creating a *.wApuarc* file on Linux and other UNIX derivatives or clones or a *wApua.ini* file on Windows and MacOS 9 in your home directory.

See the example configuration *wApua.rc* which comes with wApua.

## SEE ALSO

[**wbmp2xbm**(1p)](/wbmp2xbm/1p.md), [**LWP**(3pm)](/LWP/3pm.md).

The wApua FAQ at \<http://fsinfo.noone.org/~abe/wApua/FAQ.html\>

## KNOWN BUGS

- Under some not yet exactly known circumstances, fetching a document from the internal cache takes very long.

  ## TODO

- Supporting WML forms

  - Global configuration file

  ## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000, 2006, 2009 by Axel Beckert \<wapua@deuxchevaux.org\>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111-1301, USA.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. It also came with wApua in the file *COPYING*.

## AUTHOR

wApua was written by Axel Beckert \<wapua@deuxchevaux.org\>

## THANKS

Thanks to Jindra Vavruska \<ok1fou@yahoo.com\> for many bug reports and suggestions.