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1 LYNX
2 Name
lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser
for the World Wide Web
2 Synopsis
lynx [options] [path or URL]
use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current
options.
2 Description
Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for
users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display
devices (e.g., vt100 terminals, vt100 emulators running on
Windows 95/NT or Macintoshes, or any other "curses-
oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup
language (HTML) documents containing links to files
residing on the local system, as well as files residing on
remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP
servers. Current versions of Lynx run on Unix, VMS,
Windows 95/NT, 386DOS and OS/2 EMX.
Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide
Web, or to build information systems intended primarily
for local access. For example, Lynx has been used to
build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS). In
addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated
within a single LAN.
2 Options
At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL
specified at the command line. For help with URLs, press
"?" or "H" while running Lynx. Then follow the link
titled, "Help on URLs."
Lynx uses only long option names. Option names can begin
with double dash as well, underscores and dashes can be
intermixed in option names (in the reference below options
are with one dash before them and with underscores).
- If the argument is only `-', then Lynx expects to
receive the arguments from stdin. This is to allow
for the potentially very long command line that can
be associated with the -get_data or -post_data
arguments (see below). It can also be used to
avoid having sensitive information in the invoking
command line (which would be visible to other
processes on most systems), especially when the
-auth or -pauth options are used.
-accept_all_cookies
accept all cookies.
-anonymous
apply restrictions for anonymous account, see also
-restrictions.
-assume_charset=MIMEname
charset for documents that don't specify it.
-assume_local_charset=MIMEname
charset assumed for local files.
-assume_unrec_charset=MIMEname
use this instead of unrecognized charsets.
-auth=ID:PASSWD
set authorization ID and password for protected
documents at startup. Be sure to protect any
script files which use this switch.
-base prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to
text/html outputs for -source dumps.
-bibp=URL
specify a local bibp server (default
http://bibhost/).
-blink forces high intensity background colors for color
mode, if available and supported by the terminal.
This applies to the slang library (for a few
terminal emulators), or to OS/2 EMX with ncurses.
-book use the bookmark page as the startfile. The
default or command line startfile is still set for
the Main screen command, and will be used if the
bookmark page is unavailable or blank.
-buried_news
toggles scanning of news articles for buried
references, and converts them to news links. Not
recommended because email addresses enclosed in
angle brackets will be converted to false news
links, and uuencoded messages can be trashed.
-cache=NUMBER
set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The
default is 10.
-case enable case-sensitive string searching.
-center
Toggle center alignment in HTML TABLE.
-cfg=FILENAME
specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the
default lynx.cfg.
-child exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save
to disk.
-cmd_log=FILENAME
write keystroke commands and related information to
the specified file.
-cmd_script=FILENAME
read keystroke commands from the specified file.
You can use the data written using the -cmd_log
option. Lynx will ignore other information which
the command-logging may have written to the
logfile. Each line of the command script contains
either a comment beginning with "#", or a keyword:
exit causes the script to stop, and forces lynx to
exit immediately.
key the character value, in printable form. Cursor
and other special keys are given as names, e.g.,
"Down Arrow". Printable 7-bit ASCII codes are
given as-is, and hexadecimal values represent
other 8-bit codes.
set followed by a "name=value" allows one to
override values set in the lynx.cfg file.
-color forces color mode on, if available. Default color
control sequences which work for many terminal
types are assumed if the terminal capability
description does not specify how to handle color.
Lynx needs to be compiled with the slang library
for this flag, it is equivalent to setting the
COLORTERM environment variable. (If color support
is instead provided by a color-capable curses
library like ncurses, Lynx relies completely on the
terminal description to determine whether color
mode is possible, and this flag is not needed and
thus unavailable.) A saved show_color=always
setting found in a .lynxrc file at startup has the
same effect. A saved show_color=never found in
.lynxrc on startup is overridden by this flag.
-connect_timeout=N
Sets the connection timeout, where N is given in
seconds.
-cookie_file=FILENAME
specifies a file to use to read cookies. If none
is specified, the default value is ~/.lynx_cookies
for most systems, but ~/cookies for MS-DOS.
-cookie_save_file=FILENAME
specifies a file to use to store cookies. If none
is specified, the value given by -cookie_file is
used.
-cookies
toggles handling of Set-Cookie headers.
-core toggles forced core dumps on fatal errors. Turn
this option off to ask lynx to force a core dump if
a fatal error occurs.
-crawl with -traversal, output each page to a file. with
-dump, format output as with -traversal, but to
stdout.
-curses_pads
toggles the use of curses "pad" feature which
supports left/right scrolling of the display.
-debug_partial
separate incremental display stages with
MessageSecs delay
-delay add DebugSecs delay after each progress-message
-display=DISPLAY
set the display variable for X rexec-ed programs.
-display_charset=MIMEname
set the charset for the terminal output.
-dont_wrap_pre
inhibit wrapping of text in <pre> when -dump'ing
and -crawl'ing, mark wrapped lines in interactive
session.
-dump dumps the formatted output of the default document
or one specified on the command line to standard
output. This can be used in the following way:
lynx -dump http://www.subir.com/lynx.html
-editor=EDITOR
enable external editing, using the specified
EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)
-emacskeys
enable emacs-like key movement.
-enable_scrollback
toggles compatibility with communication programs'
scrollback keys (may be incompatible with some
curses packages).
-error_file=FILE
define a file where Lynx will report HTTP access
codes.
-exec enable local program execution (normally not
configured).
-fileversions
include all versions of files in local VMS
directory listings.
-find_leaks
toggle memory leak-checking. Normally this is not
compiled-into your executable, but when it is, it
can be disabled for a session.
-force_empty_hrefless_a
force HREF-less `A' elements to be empty (close
them as soon as they are seen).
-force_html
forces the first document to be interpreted as
HTML.
-force_secure
toggles forcing of the secure flag for SSL cookies.
-forms_options
toggles whether the Options Menu is key-based or
form-based.
-from toggles transmissions of From headers.
-ftp disable ftp access.
-get_data
properly formatted data for a get form are read in
from stdin and passed to the form. Input is
terminated by a line that starts with `---'.
-head send a HEAD request for the mime headers.
-help print the Lynx command syntax usage message.
-hiddenlinks=[option]
control the display of hidden links.
merge hidden links show up as bracketed numbers and
are numbered together with other links in the
sequence of their occurrence in the document.
listonly hidden links are shown only on L)ist
screens and listings generated by -dump or from the
P)rint menu, but appear separately at the end of
those lists. This is the default behavior.
ignore hidden links do not appear even in listings.
-historical
toggles use of `>' or `-->' as a terminator for
comments.
-homepage=URL
set homepage separate from start page.
-image_links
toggles inclusion of links for all images.
-index=URL
set the default index file to the specified URL.
-ismap toggles inclusion of ISMAP links when client-side
MAPs are present.
-justify
do justification of text.
-link=NUMBER
starting count for lnk#.dat files produced by
-crawl.
-localhost
disable URLs that point to remote hosts.
-locexec
enable local program execution from local files
only (if Lynx was compiled with local execution
enabled).
-lss=FILENAME
specify filename containing color-style
information. The default is lynx.lss.
-mime_header
prints the MIME header of a fetched document along
with its source.
-minimal
toggles minimal versus valid comment parsing.
-nested_tables
toggles nested-tables logic (for debugging).
-newschunksize=NUMBER
number of articles in chunked news listings.
-newsmaxchunk=NUMBER
maximum news articles in listings before chunking.
-nobold
disable bold video-attribute.
-nobrowse
disable directory browsing.
-nocc disable Cc: prompts for self copies of mailings.
Note that this does not disable any CCs which are
incorporated within a mailto URL or form ACTION.
-nocolor
force color mode off, overriding terminal
capabilities and any -color flags, COLORTERM
variable, and saved .lynxrc settings.
-noexec
disable local program execution. (DEFAULT)
-nofilereferer
disable transmissions of Referer headers for file
URLs.
-nolist
disable the link list feature in dumps.
-nolog disable mailing of error messages to document
owners.
-nonrestarting_sigwinch
This flag is not available on all systems, Lynx
needs to be compiled with HAVE_SIGACTION defined.
If available, this flag may cause Lynx to react
more immediately to window changes when run within
an xterm.
-nopause
disable forced pauses for statusline messages.
-noprint
disable most print functions.
-noredir
prevents automatic redirection and prints a message
with a link to the new URL.
-noreferer
disable transmissions of Referer headers.
-noreverse
disable reverse video-attribute.
-nosocks
disable SOCKS proxy usage by a SOCKSified Lynx.
-nostatus
disable the retrieval status messages.
-nounderline
disable underline video-attribute.
-number_fields
force numbering of links as well as form input
fields
-number_links
force numbering of links.
-partial
toggles display partial pages while loading.
-partial_thres=NUMBER
number of lines to render before repainting display
with partial-display logic
-pauth=ID:PASSWD
set authorization ID and password for a protected
proxy server at startup. Be sure to protect any
script files which use this switch.
-popup toggles handling of single-choice SELECT options
via popup windows or as lists of radio buttons.
-post_data
properly formatted data for a post form are read in
from stdin and passed to the form. Input is
terminated by a line that starts with `---'.
-preparsed
show HTML source preparsed and reformatted when
used with -source or in source view.
-prettysrc
show HTML source view with lexical elements and
tags in color.
-print enable print functions. (default)
-pseudo_inlines
toggles pseudo-ALTs for inlines with no ALT string.
-raw toggles default setting of 8-bit character
translations or CJK mode for the startup character
set.
-realm restricts access to URLs in the starting realm.
-reload
flushes the cache on a proxy server (only the first
document affected).
-restrictions=[option][,option][,option]...
allows a list of services to be disabled
selectively. Dashes and underscores in option names
can be intermixed. The following list is printed if
no options are specified.
all - restricts all options listed below.
bookmark - disallow changing the location of the
bookmark file.
bookmark_exec - disallow execution links via the
bookmark file.
change_exec_perms - disallow changing the eXecute
permission on files (but still allow it for
directories) when local file management is enabled.
default - same as command line option -anonymous.
Disables default services for anonymous users. Set
to all restricted, except for: inside_telnet,
outside_telnet, inside_ftp, outside_ftp,
inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, inside_news,
outside_news, telnet_port, jump, mail, print, exec,
and goto. The settings for these, as well as
additional goto restrictions for specific URL
schemes that are also applied, are derived from
definitions within userdefs.h.
dired_support - disallow local file management.
disk_save - disallow saving to disk in the download
and print menus.
dotfiles - disallow access to, or creation of,
hidden (dot) files.
download - disallow some downloaders in the
download menu (does not imply disk_save
restriction).
editor - disallow external editing.
exec - disable execution scripts.
exec_frozen - disallow the user from changing the
local execution option.
externals - disallow some "EXTERNAL" configuration
lines if support for passing URLs to external
applications (with the EXTERN command) is compiled
in.
file_url - disallow using G)oto, served links or
bookmarks for file: URLs.
goto - disable the `g' (goto) command.
inside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from
inside your domain (utmp required for selectivity).
inside_news - disallow USENET news posting for
people coming from inside your domain (utmp
required for selectivity).
inside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming
from inside your domain (utmp required for
selectivity).
inside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming
from inside your domain (utmp required for
selectivity).
jump - disable the `j' (jump) command.
multibook - disallow multiple bookmarks.
mail - disallow mail.
news_post - disallow USENET News posting.
options_save - disallow saving options in .lynxrc.
outside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from
outside your domain (utmp required for
selectivity).
outside_news - disallow USENET news reading and
posting for people coming from outside your domain
(utmp required for selectivity). This restriction
applies to "news", "nntp", "newspost", and
"newsreply" URLs, but not to "snews", "snewspost",
or "snewsreply" in case they are supported.
outside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming
from outside your domain (utmp required for
selectivity).
outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming
from outside your domain (utmp required for
selectivity).
print - disallow most print options.
shell - disallow shell escapes and lynxexec or
lynxprog G)oto's.
suspend - disallow Unix Control-Z suspends with
escape to shell.
telnet_port - disallow specifying a port in telnet
G)oto's.
useragent - disallow modifications of the User-
Agent header.
-resubmit_posts
toggles forced resubmissions (no-cache) of forms
with method POST when the documents they returned
are sought with the PREV_DOC command or from the
History List.
-rlogin
disable recognition of rlogin commands.
-scrollbar
toggles showing scrollbar.
-scrollbar_arrow
toggles showing arrows at ends of the scrollbar.
-selective
require .www_browsable files to browse directories.
-short_url
show very long URLs in the status line with "..."
to represent the portion which cannot be displayed.
The beginning and end of the URL are displayed,
rather than suppressing the end.
-show_cursor
If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the
right hand corner but will instead be positioned at
the start of the currently selected link. Show
cursor is the default for systems without
FANCY_CURSES capabilities. The default
configuration can be changed in userdefs.h or
lynx.cfg. The command line switch toggles the
default.
-show_rate
If enabled the transfer rate is shown in
bytes/second. If disabled, no transfer rate is
shown. Use lynx.cfg or the options menu to select
KB/second and/or ETA.
-soft_dquotes
toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic
bug which treated `>' as a co-terminator for
double-quotes and tags.
-source
works the same as dump but outputs HTML source
instead of formatted text.
-stack_dump
disable SIGINT cleanup handler
-startfile_ok
allow non-http startfile and homepage with
-validate.
-stdin read the startfile from standard input (UNIX only).
-syslog=text
information for syslog call.
-tagsoup
initialize parser, using Tag Soup DTD rather than
SortaSGML.
-telnet
disable recognition of telnet commands.
-term=TERM
tell Lynx what terminal type to assume it is
talking to. (This may be useful for remote
execution, when, for example, Lynx connects to a
remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in
turn, starts another Lynx process.)
-timeout=N
For win32, sets the network read-timeout, where N
is given in seconds.
-tlog toggles between using a Lynx Trace Log and stderr
for trace output from the session.
-tna turns on "Textfields Need Activation" mode.
-trace turns on Lynx trace mode. Destination of trace
output depends on -tlog.
-trace_mask=value
turn on optional traces, which may result in very
large trace files. Logically OR the values to
combine options:
1=SGML character parsing states
2=color-style
4=TRST (table layout)
8=config (lynx.cfg and .lynxrc contents)
16=binary string copy/append, used in form data
construction.
-traversal
traverse all http links derived from startfile.
When used with -crawl, each link that begins with
the same string as startfile is output to a file,
intended for indexing. See CRAWL.announce for more
information.
trim_input_fields
trim input text/textarea fields in forms.
-underline_links
toggles use of underline/bold attribute for links.
-underscore
toggles use of _underline_ format in dumps.
-use_mouse
turn on mouse support, if available. Clicking the
left mouse button on a link traverses it. Clicking
the right mouse button pops back. Click on the top
line to scroll up. Click on the bottom line to
scroll down. The first few positions in the top
and bottom line may invoke additional functions.
Lynx must be compiled with ncurses or slang to
support this feature. If ncurses is used, clicking
the middle mouse button pops up a simple menu.
Mouse clicks may only work reliably while Lynx is
idle waiting for input.
-useragent=Name
set alternate Lynx User-Agent header.
-validate
accept only http URLs (for validation). Complete
security restrictions also are implemented.
-verbose
toggle [LINK], [IMAGE] and [INLINE] comments with
filenames of these images.
-version
print version information.
-vikeys
enable vi-like key movement.
-wdebug
enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt
debugfile). This applies only to DOS versions
compiled with WATTCP or WATT-32.
-width=NUMBER
number of columns for formatting of dumps, default
is 80.
-with_backspaces
emit backspaces in output if -dump'ing or
-crawl'ing (like `man' does)
2 Commands
o Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext
links.
o Right arrow or Return will follow a highlighted
hypertext link.
o Left Arrow will retreat from a link.
o Type "H" or "?" for online help and descriptions of key-
stroke commands.
o Type "K" for a complete list of the current key-stroke
command mappings.
2 Environment
In addition to various "standard" environment variables
such as HOME, PATH, USER, DISPLAY, TMPDIR, etc, Lynx
utilizes several Lynx-specific environment variables, if
they exist.
Others may be created or modified by Lynx to pass data to
an external program, or for other reasons. These are
listed separately below.
See also the sections on SIMULATED CGI SUPPORT and NATIVE
LANGUAGE SUPPORT, below.
Note: Not all environment variables apply to all types of
platforms supported by Lynx, though most do. Feedback on
platform dependencies is solicited.
Environment Variables Used By Lynx:
COLORTERM If set, color capability for the
terminal is forced on at startup time.
The actual value assigned to the
variable is ignored. This variable is
only meaningful if Lynx was built
using the slang screen-handling
library.
LYNX_CFG This variable, if set, will override
the default location and name of the
global configuration file (normally,
lynx.cfg) that was defined by the
LYNX_CFG_FILE constant in the
userdefs.h file, during installation.
See the userdefs.h file for more
information.
LYNX_LOCALEDIR If set, this variable overrides the
compiled-in location of the locale
directory which contains native
language (NLS) message text.
LYNX_LSS This variable, if set, specifies the
location of the default Lynx character
style sheet file. [Currently only
meaningful if Lynx was built using
experimental color style support.]
LYNX_SAVE_SPACE This variable, if set, will override
the default path prefix for files
saved to disk that is defined in the
lynx.cfg SAVE_SPACE: statement. See
the lynx.cfg file for more
information.
LYNX_TEMP_SPACE This variable, if set, will override
the default path prefix for temporary
files that was defined during
installation, as well as any value
that may be assigned to the TMPDIR
variable.
MAIL This variable specifies the default
inbox Lynx will check for new mail, if
such checking is enabled in the
lynx.cfg file.
NEWS_ORGANIZATION This variable, if set, provides the
string used in the Organization:
header of USENET news postings. It
will override the setting of the
ORGANIZATION environment variable, if
it is also set (and, on UNIX, the
contents of an /etc/organization file,
if present).
NNTPSERVER If set, this variable specifies the
default NNTP server that will be used
for USENET news reading and posting
with Lynx, via news: URL's.
ORGANIZATION This variable, if set, provides the
string used in the Organization:
header of USENET news postings. On
UNIX, it will override the contents of
an /etc/organization file, if present.
PROTOCOL_proxy Lynx supports the use of proxy servers
that can act as firewall gateways and
caching servers. They are preferable
to the older gateway servers (see
WWW_access_GATEWAY, below). Each
protocol used by Lynx, (http, ftp,
gopher, etc), can be mapped separately
by setting environment variables of
the form PROTOCOL_proxy (literally:
http_proxy, ftp_proxy, gopher_proxy,
etc), to
"http://some.server.dom:port/". See
Lynx Users Guide for additional
details and examples.
SSL_CERT_DIR Set to the directory containing
trusted certificates.
SSL_CERT_FILE Set to the full path and filename for
your file of trusted certificates.
WWW_access_GATEWAY Lynx still supports use of gateway
servers, with the servers specified
via "WWW_access_GATEWAY" variables
(where "access" is lower case and can
be "http", "ftp", "gopher" or "wais"),
however most gateway servers have been
discontinued. Note that you do not
include a terminal `/' for gateways,
but do for proxies specified by
PROTOCOL_proxy environment variables.
See Lynx Users Guide for details.
WWW_HOME This variable, if set, will override
the default startup URL specified in
any of the Lynx configuration files.
Environment Variables Set or Modified By Lynx:
LYNX_PRINT_DATE This variable is set by the Lynx
p(rint) function, to the Date: string
seen in the document's "Information
about" page (= cmd), if any. It is
created for use by an external
program, as defined in a lynx.cfg
PRINTER: definition statement. If the
field does not exist for the document,
the variable is set to a null string
under UNIX, or "No Date" under VMS.
LYNX_PRINT_LASTMOD This variable is set by the Lynx
p(rint) function, to the Last Mod:
string seen in the document's
"Information about" page (= cmd), if
any. It is created for use by an
external program, as defined in a
lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition
statement. If the field does not
exist for the document, the variable
is set to a null string under UNIX, or
"No LastMod" under VMS.
LYNX_PRINT_TITLE This variable is set by the Lynx
p(rint) function, to the Linkname:
string seen in the document's
"Information about" page (= cmd), if
any. It is created for use by an
external program, as defined in a
lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition
statement. If the field does not
exist for the document, the variable
is set to a null string under UNIX, or
"No Title" under VMS.
LYNX_PRINT_URL This variable is set by the Lynx
p(rint) function, to the URL: string
seen in the document's "Information
about" page (= cmd), if any. It is
created for use by an external
program, as defined in a lynx.cfg
PRINTER: definition statement. If the
field does not exist for the document,
the variable is set to a null string
under UNIX, or "No URL" under VMS.
LYNX_TRACE If set, causes Lynx to write a trace
file as if the -trace option were
supplied.
LYNX_TRACE_FILE If set, overrides the compiled-in name
of the trace file, which is either
Lynx.trace or LY-TRACE.LOG (the latter
on the DOS platform). The trace file
is in either case relative to the home
directory.
LYNX_VERSION This variable is always set by Lynx,
and may be used by an external program
to determine if it was invoked by
Lynx. See also the comments in the
distribution's sample mailcap file,
for notes on usage in such a file.
TERM Normally, this variable is used by
Lynx to determine the terminal type
being used to invoke Lynx. If,
however, it is unset at startup time
(or has the value "unknown"), or if
the -term command-line option is used
(see OPTIONS section above), Lynx will
set or modify its value to the user
specified terminal type (for the Lynx
execution environment). Note: If
set/modified by Lynx, the values of
the LINES and/or COLUMNS environment
variables may also be changed.
2 Simulated Cgi Support
If built with the cgi-links option enabled, Lynx allows
access to a cgi script directly without the need for an
http daemon.
When executing such "lynxcgi scripts" (if enabled), the
following variables may be set for simulating a CGI
environment:
CONTENT_LENGTH
CONTENT_TYPE
DOCUMENT_ROOT
HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
HTTP_USER_AGENT
PATH_INFO
PATH_TRANSLATED
QUERY_STRING
REMOTE_ADDR
REMOTE_HOST
REQUEST_METHOD
SERVER_SOFTWARE
Other environment variables are not inherited by the
script, unless they are provided via a LYNXCGI_ENVIRONMENT
statement in the configuration file. See the lynx.cfg
file, and the (draft) CGI 1.1 Specification
<http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/cgi/draft-coar-cgi-v11-00.txt>
for the definition and usage of these variables.
The CGI Specification, and other associated documentation,
should be consulted for general information on CGI script
programming.
2 Native Language Support
If configured and installed with Native Language Support,
Lynx will display status and other messages in your local
language. See the file ABOUT_NLS in the source
distribution, or at your local GNU site, for more
information about internationalization.
The following environment variables may be used to alter
default settings:
LANG This variable, if set, will override
the default message language. It is
an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying
the language. Language codes are NOT
the same as the country codes given in
ISO 3166.
LANGUAGE This variable, if set, will override
the default message language. This is
a GNU extension that has higher
priority for setting the message
catalog than LANG or LC_ALL.
LC_ALL and
LC_MESSAGES These variables, if set, specify the
notion of native language formatting
style. They are POSIXly correct.
LINGUAS This variable, if set prior to
configuration, limits the installed
languages to specific values. It is a
space-separated list of two-letter
codes. Currently, it is hard-coded to
a wish list.
NLSPATH This variable, if set, is used as the
path prefix for message catalogs.
2 Notes
This is the Lynx v2.8.4 Release
If you wish to contribute to the further development of
Lynx, subscribe to our mailing list. Send email to
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2 See Also
catgets(3), curses(3), environ(7), execve(2), ftp(1),
gettext(GNU), localeconv(3), ncurses(3), setlocale(3),
slang(?), termcap(5), terminfo(5), wget(GNU)
Note that man page availability and section numbering is
somewhat platform dependent, and may vary from the above
references.
A section shown as (GNU), is intended to denote that the
topic may be available via an info page, instead of a man
page (i.e., try "info subject", rather than "man subject").
A section shown as (?) denotes that documentation on the
topic exists, but is not part of an established documentation
retrieval system (see the distribution files associated
with the topic, or contact your System Administrator
for further information).
2 Acknowledgments
Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along
the way. The earliest versions of Lynx included code from
Earl Fogel of Computing Services at the University of
Saskatchewan, who implemented HYPERREZ in the Unix envi-
ronment. HYPERREZ was developed by Niel Larson of
Think.com and served as the model for the early versions
of Lynx. Those versions also incorporated libraries from
the Unix Gopher clients developed at the University of
Minnesota, and the later versions of Lynx rely on the WWW
client library code developed by Tim Berners-Lee and the
WWW community. Also a special thanks to Foteos Macrides
who ported much of Lynx to VMS and did or organized most
of its development since the departures of Lou Montulli
and Garrett Blythe from the University of Kansas in the
summer of 1994 through the release of v2.7.2, and to ev-
eryone on the net who has contributed to Lynx's develop-
ment either directly (through patches, comments or bug re-
ports) or indirectly (through inspiration and development
of other systems).
2 Authors
Lou Montulli, Garrett Blythe, Craig Lavender, Michael
Grobe, Charles Rezac
Academic Computing Services
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
Foteos Macrides
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
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