HPR4408: Lynx - Old School Browsing

Kevie , from the TuxJam podcast, takes a look at the Lynx command line browser and briefly discusses it's uses and if it still has a place in our modern times. Some Useful Hot-keys: g to go to a specific website m goes to your start page (Main screen is what Lynx calls it) o for options h for help p for print q to quit program / search for text on a page Navigation < previous page > forward page up and down move between links on the page. Down or left will also cancel a command if pressed accidentally. Pg Up and Pg Down scroll up or down a whole screen at a time. ctrl n (down or next) and ctrl p (up or previous) will move the page up and down a couple of lines a will add the current page to the bookmarks list v views the list of bookmarks , open the current page in another browser G displays the URL and allows editing ctrl L reloads the current page Some Basic Config Edits: Edit the file /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg (You will need to used sudo privileges to edit a system file) To change the starting page go to Line 111 and add STARTFILE:YOUR_CHOSEN_PAGE_URL I used https://duckduckgo.com/lite Don't forget to comment out the default one at line 105 To change the browser to open a link, go to Line 3141 and add EXTERNAL:http:BROSWER_LAUNCH_COMMAND %s:TRUE To use the default browser on modern Linux systems add xdg-open

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