Lynx 2-8-7 A simple text web browser

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xorg · #1 Post by **xorg** » Sat 18 Jul 2009, 23:16

Hello.For those who like console I made a pet of Lynx 2-8-7 (simple text web browser).
Source from: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Internet ... 6350.shtml
(This package has been made on puppy linux 4.1 retro and may not work in other puppies.For any problems write on this topic)

enhu · #2 Post by **enhu** » Tue 27 Jul 2010, 05:36

works on lucid puppy. thanks

Shep · #3 Post by **Shep** » Thu 29 Jul 2010, 12:58

Works on dpup 484.

Thanks.

I'll point out for the benefit of others, that lynx handles news://
URLs, so you can connect to your newsserver and read or post
to usenet groups, whereas that other text browser, elinks does not
read news groups. (It pretends to, but actually passes the job across
to lynx, provided you have lynx available.) I have previously posted
about this on another thread somewhere.

Agnishom · #4 Post by **Agnishom** » Mon 16 Sep 2013, 02:20

Why do I keep getting this error?

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 libssl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Semme · #5 Post by **Semme** » Mon 16 Sep 2013, 08:46

Cause you need either libssl or the appropriate symlink.

Do it right though and go for the full score:

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ldd /usr/bin/lynx

Agnishom · #6 Post by **Agnishom** » Tue 17 Sep 2013, 03:00

I copied libssl0.9.8 as libssl0 and it seems to be working.

What is ldd?

Semme · #7 Post by **Semme** » Tue 17 Sep 2013, 11:06

*In* a word- indispensable!

Pelo · #8 Post by **Pelo** » Thu 20 Feb 2014, 16:21

Lynx is a default browser on angel Linux. not the only one, happily !

The more difficult, the more you like.
Who will be the last survivor of Linux ? non-english speaking people are eliminated,

But i speak english a petit bit !
help here ! secours

schober · #9 Post by **schober** » Sun 17 Dec 2017, 18:30

I installed the 2,8,7 i486 version using the package manager. I then ran the programme and got the above message for 20secs then the window closed
I'm on wary 5.3
How do I get lynx working?

Keef · #10 Post by **Keef** » Sun 17 Dec 2017, 20:22

Have a look in the lynx.cfg file in /etc/lynx

Line 96 is

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STARTFILE:http://lynx.isc.org/

The link is no longer valid. Just change this to an URL of your choice - or a local file.
Lynx will close if there is not a valid web address or file to open.

schober · #11 Post by **schober** » Tue 19 Dec 2017, 08:53

I have'nt got a etc/lynx directory and Pfind can't find a lynx.cfg file
Using lynx at the console works eg
lynx http://www.mcdep.com/index.htm

Any suggestions?

Galbi · #12 Post by **Galbi** » Tue 19 Dec 2017, 12:14

I have a lynx.cfg under /etc

Try opening a console and

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#geany /etc/lynx. [TAB] [TAB] (tap twice the TAB key)

What happens?

Keef · #13 Post by **Keef** » Tue 19 Dec 2017, 17:35

My bad...

Should be /usr/etc/lynx.cfg

I downloaded the lynx pet from the Wary repo and unpacked it.

Launching from CLI with an URL will override the lynx.cfg and works as expected.

tallboy · #14 Post by **tallboy** » Thu 21 Dec 2017, 09:08

You can start lynx with

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lynx /

.
I have /usr/local/etc/lynx.cfg and /usr/local/etc/lynx.lss for color setup in my Lucid 5.2.8.7, plus the small option-file /root/.lynxrc, which can save the options made when you press o in the lynx window. The files were installed at those locations, the lynx.cfg describe another path, just forget that!
The lynx.cfg file is massive, you can set up lynx to be an incredible tool! Read the manual in /usr/local/man/man.1/lynx.1 before attempting to modify it. If you don't have a good local manpage-reader, use this command to read man-pages with lynx:

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man2html /usr/local/man/man1/lynx.1 | lynx -stdin

I have used lynx for many years, but mainly as a file browser; it is superfast with only the arrow keys to navigate through the hierarchy of files. You can set it up to activate other programs to read files or view graphics.
Take a look at these posts where I describe how I use lynx:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 137#839137

One option you probably want right away, is the ability to view dot-files. You first have to activate it in lynx.cfg, to be able to set it as an option. Another sensible setting in lynx.cfg is STARTFILE, just set it to /.

tallboy

schober · #15 Post by **schober** » Thu 21 Dec 2017, 15:23

Thanks for the interest
I do indeed have the /usr/etc/lynx.cfg file
I made the change to STARTFILE and lynx behaves as expected!

tallboy · #16 Post by **tallboy** » Fri 22 Dec 2017, 00:29

Sounds like success!
Do you use lynx as a regular browser, or just as a file browser like I do?

schober · #17 Post by **schober** » Sun 24 Dec 2017, 14:44

I use lynx to download website text without the html junk
lynx -dump "url" | some filters > file

I tried "lynx /root/my-applications" command, using it as a file browser
Yes! It's surprisingly fast. Much better than using ROX and then Geany. It can open txt files in the lynx window and pdf's with the pdf viewer; jpg's unfortunately need the xli script
Very useful if you want to find a text file but can't quite remember where you put it or what it was called!

tallboy · #18 Post by **tallboy** » Mon 25 Dec 2017, 01:44

schober wrote:I use lynx to download website text without the html junk
lynx -dump "url" | some filters > file

Nice, I'll remember that, I usually use Print preview and print to a .pdf file. (Uhh, I don't really have to remember it, I use the simple, excellent and old-fashioned NoteCase to archive Linux and Puppy tips!

)

schober wrote:Yes! It's surprisingly fast. Much better than using ROX and then Geany.

It often surprises me that many users look for flashy design and lots of functions in the latest applications, instead of fine-tuning a simple and fast application like lynx, that actually works! Before I found Puppylinux, I experimented with all Debian terminal-only programs, to try to build my own compact Linux, and lynx was one program I used all the time.

Tip: If you download and read info-files or man-pages from your own PC, instead of reading man-pages online, there is an application named Pinfo that works just like lynx! If the info-page in question is not found, it switches automatically to read the man-page instead, if that exists. In info-files, the options to a command, or examples, is listed as links - often several levels deep, and those links are followed just like lynx, using the same arrow keys. You'll find an explanation to any option immediatly!

Many years ago, I made the IT-dept. at the Uni install Pinfo to the Linux servers (which also held all available info and man-pages), and I used it all the time. My favorite command was 'Pinfo libc', to open the massive C library consisting of several hundred pages, were all the functions and expressions and examples were internal links. Talk about finding an answer to a programming question quickly! People refused to believe me, until they actually tried Pinfo themselves!

tallboy

step · #19 Post by **step** » Mon 25 Dec 2017, 17:42

@tallboy thanks for the pinfo suggestion. I made a package for Fatdog64-720. Linked as +Packages in my sig.

tallboy · #20 Post by **tallboy** » Mon 25 Dec 2017, 21:29

Great! Please look through the Pinfo activation script, it expects a man-page reader that first tries to open internal files instead of those online. I actually have a problem finding a 'normal' old-fashioned reader to my Lucid 5.2.8.7. The modernized Pinfo version may handle that problem differently. I have a massive Debian at my home PC, and there Pinfo is an essential tool.

BTW, schober: lynx make no dump if the page is https.

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