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1 # How to use Lynx for Gopher
2
3 ## Lynx browser
4
5 Lynx is a customizable text-based web browser for use in a text mode
6 environment. As of May 2017, it is the oldest web browser still in
7 general use and active development, having started in 1992. Lynx can
8 be used to browse html webpages as well as Gopher pages. Lynx does
9 not support Javascript.
10
11 Lynx used to be bundled in the standard installation of all the
12 popular Linux distributions, but sadly this is no longer the case.
13 So one probably first has to install the Lynx browser with the use
14 of the package manager of your distribution, e.g.:
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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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20 Lynx supports the use of VI style keybinding and the use of Emacs
21 style binding.
22
23 ## Using Lynx for Gopher
24
25 To open a Gopher page in Lynx, simply call it with the proper URL,
26 like:
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28 lynx gopher://bitreich.org/0/tutorials/lynx-w3m.txt
29
30 ## Scrolling through an opened page
31
32 When the visited page is longer than can be shown in the current
33 screen, use the spacebar to scroll down.
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35 Some other useful keys:
36
37 - Ctrl-A to jump to the top of the page.
38 - Ctrl-E to jump to the end of the page.
39 - ( to jump half a page up
40 - ) to jump half a page down
41
42 ## Navigating
43
44 In the standard configuration text is shown in the standard terminal
45 colors, Gopherlinks are colored in green. The selected link is
46 highlighted. Use the up and down cursor arrow keys on the keyboard
47 to select to a link. and use the Enter key or the right cursor arrow
48 key to follow the link.
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50 When following a link takes a long time, the request can be
51 cancelled with 'z'.
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53 The left and right cursor arrow keys are used to navigate in through
54 history. The left cursor arrow key moves to the previous opened
55 page, the right cursor arrow key follows the current link.
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57 With VI keybinding configured, one can also use the H,J,K, or L key
58 like the cursor arrow keys.
59
60 - Use 'g' to enter and follow a new URL.
61 - Use 'G' ( shift-G ) to edit the current URL and follow the edited URL.
62 - Use '=' to show the current URL and some meta data.
63
64 ## Downloading data
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66 When followin a Gopherlink to a non-text element, f.e. a binary or
67 an image, Lynx offers two choices: D)ownload or C)ancel. Use 'c' to
68 cancel or 'd' to start the download. When the download has finished,
69 choose 'Save to disk' to enter a filename for the downloaded file.
70 Downloads in progress can be cancelled with 'z'.
71
72 ## See the documentation
73
74 Lynx offers much more functionality than described here, mostly for
75 browsing html-pages. See the documentation for more.
76