Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 13:57:50 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Command prompt browser Message-ID: <14978.64062.529223.881099@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <5804815@toto.iv>
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Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> types: > On Wednesday February 07, 2001 06:41, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 03:26:58AM -0800, dsf sdf wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I have two question , which are as under > > > 1-Do you know about freebsd command prompt browser > > > like lynx on redhat. > > > > sure, lynx :-) > > /usr/ports/www/lynx > > lynx is the usual and it's been around a while, but I think links is > much better. It's text the same way as lynx but it renders tables, > much better. The FreeBSD website looks much better for example, in > links than lynx. Also if you're running X (maybe the console moused > does this I don't know), clicking on a text link in links actually > works. It's at /usr/ports/www/links There's also w3m. It renders tables & frames better than lynx, and unlike links there is a port with ssl. It also has the notion of "other" browsers, so it's easy to configure to launch your favorite GUI browser on a page if you need it. Finally, linemode - the CERN command line browser - is also in the ports. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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