Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 13:36:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Web browsing usage from base Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404031333090.82429@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BE3k9244ogQkA=0KA4DzHgH4O9DSLdyAPhdF9U-Wwk8sYc_tg@mail.gmail.com> References: <13492F6B-C667-4569-87D2-3F808AE7356D@gmail.com> <CAF6rxgkRNAfJtZc%2BxcBSwuetjaQrC_-Y9kr9XYJ%2BW4%2B9bDzBxA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404030805150.80517@wonkity.com> <CA%2BE3k9244ogQkA=0KA4DzHgH4O9DSLdyAPhdF9U-Wwk8sYc_tg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Royce Williams wrote: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:21 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Eitan Adler wrote: >> >> On 2 April 2014 09:02, Brian Kim <briansan24@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Would anyone like to share their best approach to browsing the web only >>>> using utilities from a base install? >>>> >>> >>> $pkg install firefox >>> $firefox >>> >>> seems to work (provided X is running). >>> >> >> fetch(1) was already mentioned. telnet(1) or nc(1) would allow >> interactive use, admittedly not conveniently (level: neckbeard). I can >> imagine a (terrible) text browser hacked together with fetch, sh, dialog, >> and grep/sed/awk to parse out links. But even full text browsers like >> lynx, links, and w3m are often useless due to the modern web's dependence >> on images, Javascript, and such. >> >> Incidentally, the issue of the base OS not having a text web browser has >> come up several times lately. I don't know if there's one suitable for >> import, but it's something to consider. Writing one using only the tools >> from base would be an interesting/horrifying experiment. >> > > It would also be useful to hear more about the use cases that are causing > this spike in interest. The most recent ones were about reading HTML documentation. The earlier ones... I want to say it involved the installer, but can't recall.
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