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- 1 LYNX
- NAME
- lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the World
- Wide Web
-
- 2 SYNOPSIS
- Lynx [options] [path or URL]
-
- use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options.
-
- 2 DESCRIPTION
- Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running
- cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals,
- vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other "curses-oriented"
- display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) documents con-
- taining links to files residing on the local system, as well as files
- residing on remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP
- servers. Current versions of Lynx run on UNIX and VMS.
-
- Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide Web, or to build
- information systems intended primarily for local access. For example, Lynx
- has been used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS). In
- addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
-
- 2 OPTIONS
- At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL specified at
- the command line. For help with URLs, press "?" or "h" while running
- Lynx. Then follow the link titled, "Help on URL's."
-
- -anonymous
- used to specify the anonymous account.
-
- -case
- enable case-sensitive string searching.
-
- -cache=NUMBER
- set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The default is 10.
-
- -cfg=FILENAME
- specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg.
-
- -display=DISPLAY
- set the display variable for X rexeced programs.
-
- -dump
- dumps the formatted output of the default document or one specified
- on the command line to standard out. Under UNIX this can be used in
- the following way: lynx -dump http://info.cern.ch/default.html.
-
- -editor=EDITOR
- enable edit mode using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)
-
- -emacskeys
- enable emacs-like key movement.
-
- -fileversions
- include all versions of files in local VMS directory listings.
-
- -force_html
- forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML.
-
- -ftp
- disable ftp access.
-
- -help
- print this Lynx command syntax usage message.
-
- -homepage=URL
- set homepage separate from start page.
-
- -index=URL
- set the default index file to the specified URL.
-
- -localhost
- disable URLs that point to remote hosts.
-
- -nobrowse
- disable directory browsing.
-
- -noprint
- disable print functions.
-
- -nostatus
- disable the retrieval status messages.
-
- -print
- enable print functions. (default)
-
- -restrictions=[option][,,option]...
- allows a list of services to be disabled selectively. The following
- list is printed if no options are specified.
-
- all - restricts all options.
-
- bookmark - disallow changing the location of the bookmark file.
-
- default - same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default
- services for anonymous users. Currently set to all restricted
- except for: inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_news,
- inside_ftp, outside_ftp, inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, jump,
- mail and goto. Defaults are setable within userdefs.h.
-
- disk_save - disallow saving binary files to disk in the download
- menu.
-
- download - disallow downloaders in the download menu.
-
- editor - disallow editing.
-
- exec - disable execution scripts.
-
- exec_frozen - disallow the user from changing the local execution
- option.
-
- file_url - disallow using G)oto to go to file: URL's.
-
- goto - disable the 'g' (goto) command.
-
- inside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from inside your domain
- (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- inside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from
- inside our domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- inside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from inside your
- domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- inside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from inside your
- domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- jump - disable the 'j' (jump) command.
-
- mail - disable mailing feature.
-
- news_post - disable USENET News posting.
-
- options_save - disallow saving options in .lynxrc.
-
- outside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from outside your
- domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- outside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from
- outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- outside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from outside your
- domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from outside your
- domain (utmp required for selectivity).
-
- print - disallow most print options.
-
- shell - disallow shell escapes and lynxexec G)oto's.
-
- suspend - disallow Unix Control-Z suspends with escape to shell.
-
- -rlogin
- disable recognition of rlogin commands.
-
- -selective
- require .www_browsable files to browse directories.
-
- -show_cursor
- If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand corner but
- will instead be positioned at the start of the currently selected
- link. show cursor is the default for systems without FANCY_CURSES
- capabilities, and the default configuration can be changed in
- userdefs.h.
-
- -source
- works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted
- text.
-
- -telnet
- disable recognition of telnet commands.
-
- -term=TERM
- tell Lynx what terminal type to assume its talking to. (This may be
- useful for remote execution, when, for example, Lynx connects to a
- remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in turn, starts another
- Lynx process.)
-
- -trace
- turns on WWW trace mode.
-
- -version
- print version information
-
- -vikeys
- enable vi-like key movement.
-
- 2 COMMANDS
- o Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext links.
- o Right arrow or Return will follow a highlighted hypertext link.
- o Left Arrow will retreat from a link.
- o Type "h" or "?" for online help and descriptions of key-stroke commands.
- o Type "k" for a complete list of the current key-stroke command mappings.
-
- 2 NOTES
- This is the Lynx 2.3-FM Release for UN*X/VMS
-
- If you wish to contribute to the further development of Lynx, subscribe
- to our mailing list. Send email to <listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu> with
- "subscribe lynx-dev <your-name>" as the only line in the body of your
- message.
-
- Send bug reports, comments, suggestions to <lynx-dev@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>.
- Send general help requests to <lynx-help@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>.
-
- 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way.
- The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel of Computing
- Services at the University of Saskatchewan, who implemented HYPERREZ
- in the UN*X environment. HYPERREZ was developed by Niel Larson of
- Think.com and served as the model for the early versions of Lynx.
- Those versions also incorporated libraries from the UN*X Gopher clients
- developed at the University of Minnesota, and the later versions of
- Lynx rely on the WWW client library code developed by Tim Berners-Lee
- and the WWW community. Also a special thanks to Foteos Macrides who
- ported much of Lynx to VMS and to everyone on the net who has contributed
- to Lynx's development either directly (through comments or bug reports)
- or indirectly (through inspiration and development of other systems).
-
- 2 AUTHORS
- Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac, Lou Montulli
- Academic Computing Services
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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