1. What does lynx do?
lynx browses html files so that you can see them the author meant them to be seen, and
simply follow the built-in hyperlinks. (The WWW (Internet) mainly consists of html files, full of data and
links.) You are browsing this text with lynx (in text mode) or arena (with Xwindows).
lynx cannot view pictures, frames, films or sounds directly.
2. How is lynx used, interactively?
- Scroll the viewed files link by link or page by page (depends on what comes first) by
<CursorDn> and <CursorUp>.
- Follow a link by <CursorRight>.
- Move back to the previous document by <CursorLeft>.
3. How is lynx started on this system?
To browse a local file, simply cd to the directory and type lynx filename.html.
To browse a file on a local system, open an internet connection and type
- lynx transfer_protocol://server.domain/path/filename.html , where
- transfer protocol: is: http: gopher: ftp: mail to:
- server is the internet server (e.g. www.Geocities);
- domain is the internet domain (.org .gov .edu .com or some 2-letter
country code for outside U.S.);
- path is the path on the server (e.g. athens/parthenon/5509);
- filename.html is the file you want to browse (e.g. welcome.htm).
- or prepare a file ~/bookmarks.html, lynx it and surf there.
No options necessary.
4. A short example lynx input file
See muster.htm on how to build your own html pages.
5. Miscellaneous
Nothing.
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