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lynx-w3m.txt (2611B) |
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1 # How to use Lynx for Gopher |
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3 ## Lynx browser |
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5 Lynx is a customizable text-based web browser for use in a text mode |
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6 environment. As of May 2017, it is the oldest web browser still in |
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7 general use and active development, having started in 1992. Lynx can |
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8 be used to browse html webpages as well as Gopher pages. Lynx does |
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9 not support Javascript. |
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10 |
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11 Lynx used to be bundled in the standard installation of all the |
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12 popular Linux distributions, but sadly this is no longer the case. |
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13 So one probably first has to install the Lynx browser with the use |
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14 of the package manager of your distribution, e.g.: |
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15 |
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16 apt-get install lynx |
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18 For customization simply press 'o' (options) within Lynx. |
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19 |
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20 Lynx supports the use of VI style keybinding and the use of Emacs |
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21 style binding. |
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22 |
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23 ## Using Lynx for Gopher |
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24 |
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25 To open a Gopher page in Lynx, simply call it with the proper URL, |
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26 like: |
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27 |
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28 lynx gopher://bitreich.org/0/tutorials/lynx-w3m.txt |
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29 |
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30 ## Scrolling through an opened page |
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31 |
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32 When the visited page is longer than can be shown in the current |
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33 screen, use the spacebar to scroll down. |
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35 Some other useful keys: |
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36 |
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37 - Ctrl-A to jump to the top of the page. |
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38 - Ctrl-E to jump to the end of the page. |
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39 - ( to jump half a page up |
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40 - ) to jump half a page down |
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41 |
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42 ## Navigating |
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43 |
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44 In the standard configuration text is shown in the standard terminal |
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45 colors, Gopherlinks are colored in green. The selected link is |
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46 highlighted. Use the up and down cursor arrow keys on the keyboard |
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47 to select to a link. and use the Enter key or the right cursor arrow |
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48 key to follow the link. |
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49 |
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50 When following a link takes a long time, the request can be |
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51 cancelled with 'z'. |
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52 |
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53 The left and right cursor arrow keys are used to navigate in through |
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54 history. The left cursor arrow key moves to the previous opened |
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55 page, the right cursor arrow key follows the current link. |
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56 |
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57 With VI keybinding configured, one can also use the H,J,K, or L key |
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58 like the cursor arrow keys. |
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59 |
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60 - Use 'g' to enter and follow a new URL. |
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61 - Use 'G' ( shift-G ) to edit the current URL and follow the edited URL. |
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62 - Use '=' to show the current URL and some meta data. |
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63 |
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64 ## Downloading data |
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65 |
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66 When followin a Gopherlink to a non-text element, f.e. a binary or |
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67 an image, Lynx offers two choices: D)ownload or C)ancel. Use 'c' to |
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68 cancel or 'd' to start the download. When the download has finished, |
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69 choose 'Save to disk' to enter a filename for the downloaded file. |
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70 Downloads in progress can be cancelled with 'z'. |
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71 |
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72 ## See the documentation |
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74 Lynx offers much more functionality than described here, mostly for |
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75 browsing html-pages. See the documentation for more. |
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