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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Chapter 13. ELinks BitTorrent Client</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ch12s05.html" title='The "but"s'><link rel="next" href="ch13s02.html" title="The Resume Dialog"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 13. ELinks BitTorrent Client</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch12s05.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch13s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2798804"></a>Chapter 13. ELinks BitTorrent Client</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13.html#id2798844">Using the BitTorrent Client</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13s02.html">The Resume Dialog</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13s03.html">The Download Dialog</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>This chapter provides a small manual for using the implemented
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Chapter 13. ELinks BitTorrent Client</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ch12s05.html" title='The "but"s'><link rel="next" href="ch13s02.html" title="The Resume Dialog"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 13. ELinks BitTorrent Client</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch12s05.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch13s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2861014"></a>Chapter 13. ELinks BitTorrent Client</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13.html#id2861054">Using the BitTorrent Client</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13s02.html">The Resume Dialog</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13s03.html">The Download Dialog</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>This chapter provides a small manual for using the implemented
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BitTorrent client. The BitTorrent client is provided as an optional
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add-on for ELinks, and needs to be enabled at compile time. To build
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ELinks with BitTorrent support be sure to either pass
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<code class="literal">--enable-bittorrent</code> to <code class="literal">./configure</code> or change the value of
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<code class="literal">CONFIG_BITTORRENT</code> to <code class="literal">yes</code> in <code class="literal">features.conf</code>.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2798844"></a>Using the BitTorrent Client</h2></div></div></div><p>To start the client, first go to a site which offers metainfo files. In
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<code class="literal">CONFIG_BITTORRENT</code> to <code class="literal">yes</code> in <code class="literal">features.conf</code>.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2861054"></a>Using the BitTorrent Client</h2></div></div></div><p>To start the client, first go to a site which offers metainfo files. In
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the following, we will use the site <a class="ulink" href="http://www.legaltorrents.com/" target="_top">http://www.legaltorrents.com/</a>.
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Direct ELinks to this site by issuing the command:</p><pre class="literallayout">$ elinks http://www.legaltorrents.com/</pre><p>Use the arrow keys to move between links on the page. Find a link,
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which points to a metainfo file (a file having the extension