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## Name

links - lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser

## Synopsis

links [options] URL

## Description

links is a text mode WWW browser with ncurses interface, supporting colors, correct table rendering, background downloading, menu driven configuration interface and slim code.

Frames are supported. You can have different file formats associated with external viewers. mailto: and telnet: are supported via external clients.

links can handle local (file://) or remote (http:// or ftp://) URLs.

## Options

Most options can be set in the user interface or config file, so usually you do not need to care about them.

-g
  Run Links in graphics mode. If not given, Links will run in text mode. Running in graphics mode means that Links will probe all compiled-in graphics devices and run on the first found. If none found, links will not run in text mode. This option works only if --enable-graphics was given to ./configure.

-mode <parameter>
  Pass a parameter to the graphics driver. On SVGAlib, this is widthxheightxdepth, (where depth is 16, 256, 32K, 64K, 16M or 16M32) and defines the graphics mode, on X the format is widthxheight and defines the window size.

-async-dns <0>/<1>
  Asynchronous DNS resolver on(1) /off(0).

-max-connections <max>
  Maximum number of concurrent connections. (default: 10)

-max-connections-to-host <max>
  Maximum number of concurrent connection to a given host. (default: 2)

-retries <retry>
  Number of retries. (default: 3)

-receive-timeout <sec>
  Timeout on receive. (default: 120)

-unrestartable-receive-timeout <sec>
  Timeout on non restartable connections. (default: 600)

-format-cache-size <num>
  Number of formatted document pages cached. (default: 5)

-memory-cache-size <Kbytes>
  Cache memory in Kilobytes. (default: 1024)

-http-proxy <host:port>
  Host and port number of the HTTP proxy, or blank. (default: blank)

-ftp-proxy <host:port>
  Host and port number of the FTP proxy, or blank. (default: blank)

-download-dir <path>
  Default download directory. (default: actual dir)

-assume-codepage <codepage>
  Use the given codepage when the webpage did not specify its codepage. (default: ISO 8859-1)

-anonymous
  Restrict links so that it can run on an anonymous account. No local file browsing. No downloads. Executing of viewers is allowed, but user can't add or modify entries in association table.

-no-connect
  Runs links as a separate instance - instead of connecting to existing instance.

-version
  Prints the links version number and exit.

-help
  Printf a help

  screen

## Navigation Keys

The keys you may use while navigating are

PGDN
  page down
Space
  page down
PGUP
  page up
b
  page up
B
  page up
CursorDOWN
  next link/down (text mode), scroll down (graphics mode)
CursorUP
  prev link/up (text mode), up (graphics mode)
^INS
  copy to clipboard
^C
  copy to clipboard (OS/2 only)
INS
  scroll up (text mode only)
^P
  scroll up
DEL
  scroll down
^N
  scroll down
[
  scroll left
]
  scroll right
HOME
  home
END
  end of page
CursorRIGHT
  enter link/press button (text mode), scroll right (graphics mode)
ENTER
  enter link/press button
CursorLEFT
  go back (text mode), scroll left (graphics mode)
d
  download link (text mode only)
D
  download link (text mode only)
/
  search in the page
?
  search back in the page
n
  find next match
N
  find next match backwards
f
  zoom actual frame
F
  zoom actual frame
^R
  reload page
g
  go to URL
G
  edit the current URL and goto the result
s
  bookmark manager
S
  bookmark manager
q
  quit, close window if more windows are open
Q
  quit, close window if more windows are open
=
  document informations
\
  toggle HTML source/rendered view
TAB
  next frame (text mode only)
ESC
  menu/escape
F9
  menu
F10
  file menu

## Editing Keys

The following keys can be used while editing a line/jumping to a URL:

CursorRIGHT
  move right
CursorLEFT
  move left
HOME
  jump at the beginning
^A
  jump at the beginning
END
  jump at the end
^E
  jump at the end
^INS
  copy to clipboard
^B
  copy to clipboard
^X
  cut to clipboard (text mode only)
^V
  paste from clipboard (text mode only)
ENTER
  enter line
BACKSPACE
  delete back character
^H
  delete back character
DEL
  delete character
^D
  delete character
^U
  delete from beginning of the line
^K
  delete to the end of the line
^W
  auto complete line

## Files

~/.links/.links.cfg
  Per-user configfile, automatically created by links.

## Platforms

links is known to work on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, HPUX, Digital Unix, AIX, OS/2 and BeOS. Port for Win32 is in state of beta testing.

## Bugs

Can't connect to some FTP servers (Novell, NT). Connection stays in "Request sent" state.

Frames don't work if there's more frames with same name. Turn them off in such case.

You can't upload large files; it takes _lots_ of memory.

You shoudn't press '^Z' when you are in a viewer

Please report any other bugs you find to Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>

## License

links is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

## Author

links was written by Mikulas Patocka, Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy, Petr 'Brain' Kulhavy, and Martin 'PerM' Pergel. See file AUTHORS for a list of people contributing to this project.

The homepage of links can be found at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links

This manual page was written by Peter Gervai <grin@tolna.net>, using excerpts from a (yet?) unknown links fan for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Updated by Karel Kulhavy.

## See Also

lynx(1) , w3m(1)

Table of Contents

- Name
- Synopsis
- Description
- Options
- Navigation Keys
- Editing Keys
- Files
- Platforms
- Bugs
- License
- Author
- See Also