Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:46 -0800 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: dteske@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console Message-ID: <CAOgwaMu%2BxiS88wii3eRLNppE-PRvXDkjEGSkYGyqGSM5vDK7HQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130111012442.2bd609c8.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAJfyLwf3Mr_ijPqYY7xf4=F22X76iZUgq%2B8OfatBVEtVtkZvRg@mail.gmail.com> <50EF0F2B.1030801@a1poweruser.com> <20130110233325.783e1d42.freebsd@edvax.de> <06da01cdef84$9f327ca0$dd9775e0$@freebsd.org> <20130111004126.8abe07ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <06ff01cdef8e$1990b1c0$4cb21540$@freebsd.org> <20130111012442.2bd609c8.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800, dteske@freebsd.org wrote: > > Ok, the reason I ask is actually because I have this insane (?) idea of > shoving > > one of the aforementioned solutions onto the installation media so that > (gasp) > > we can have that functionality back like we had in the days of > sysinstall. > > So my stupid brain remembered something that actually has > happened? A text mode browser in the default installation? > Called /usr/bin/lynx maybe? It must be a long time ago... > > > > > So naturally, my first question is "which one?" > > The UNIX philosophy suggests to use one that is sufficient > for the purpose. A look at dependencies would be useful. > From that point of view, lynx seems to be okay, as it > will do all the things which are required: Render the > HTML in a readable manner, make the hyperreferences > accessible, evenprovide NLS if the installation has > a requirement for that (newbie non-US users probably > will find that feature useful), no dependencies regarding > graphics hardware, so it will even work on a serial > terminal (when in use at a museum) or via SSH if > urgently needed. > > However, it seems that lynx does not support UTF-8, but > again, that doesn't matter, as there is no such content > in the documents, and it doesn't work in text mode anyway. > > And if you need a transparent background, clean your > terminal. :-) > > It would also be possible to use w3m with ja- users in > mind, disabling the "inline image" functions to get rid > of x11, fb, and gtk2 dependencies. If desired, w3m can > use the lynx keyboard map. > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers_for_Unix_and_Unix-like_operating_systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_web_browser http://www.freshports.org/japanese/w3m/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m w3m ( MIT ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Mode_Browser Line Mode Browser ( W3C Software Notice and License ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3C_Software_Notice_and_License W3C Software Notice and License http://www.freshports.org/www/elinks/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks ELinks ( GPLv2 ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alynx Lynx (web browser) ( GPLv2 ) http://www.freshports.org/www/links/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_%28web_browser%29 Links (web browser) ( GPLv2+ ) http://www.freshports.org/japanese/lynx/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29 Lynx (web browser) ( GPLv2 ) ..................... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs/W3 Emacs/W3 ( GPLv2+ ) http://www.gnu.org/software/w3/ http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/w3/ Alternative : http://www.freshports.org/www/emacs-w3m/ http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/ ..................... Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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