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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 usu-
       ally 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.


       -no-g  Run in text mode (overrides previous -g).


       -driver <driver name>
              Graphics driver to use. Drivers are: x, svgalib,  fb,  directfb,
              pmshell,  atheos.   List of drivers will be shown if you give it
              an unknown driver.  Available drivers depend on  your  operating
              system and available libraries.


       -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 WIDTHx-
              HEIGHT and defines the window size.


       -display <x-display>
              Set Xwindow display.


       -force-html
              Treat files with unknown type as html rather than text.  (can be



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              toggled with '\' key)


       -source <url>
              Write unformatted data stream to stdout.


       -dump <url>
              Write formatted document to stdout.


       -width <number>
              For  dump,  document will be formatted to this screen width (but
              it can still exceed it if lines can't be broken).


       -codepage <codepage>
              For dump, convert output to specified character set -- for eaxm-
              ple iso-8859-2, windows-1250.


       -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.


       -download-utime <0>/<1>
              Set  time of downloaded files to last modification time reported
              by server.


       -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)




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       -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 <bytes>
              Cache memory in Kilobytes.  (default: 1024)


       -image-cache-size <bytes>
              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)


       -socks-proxy <user@host:port>
              Userid, host and port of Socks4a, or blank.  (default: blank)


       -only-proxies <0>/<1>
              "1"  causes  that Links won't initiate any non-proxy connection.
              It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks.


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


       -language <language>
              Set user interface language.


       -http-bugs.http10 <0>/<1>
              (default 0) "1" forces using only HTTP/1.0 protocol. (useful for
              buggy  servers  that claim to be HTTP/1.1 compliant but are not)
              "0" enables using both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1.






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       -http-bugs.allow-blacklist <0>/<1>
              (default 1) "1" defaults to using list of servers that have bro-
              ken  HTTP/1.1  support.   When  links finds such server, it will
              retry the request with HTTP/1.0.


       -http-bugs.bug-302-redirect <0>/<1>
              (default 1) Process 302 redirect in a way that  is  incompatible
              with  RFC1945  and  RFC2068,  but the same as Netscape and MSIE.
              Many pages depend on it.


       -http-bugs.bug-post-no-keepalive <0>/<1>
              (default 0) No keepalive connection  after  post  requests.  For
              some buggy servers.


       -http-bugs.bug-no-accept-charset <0>/<1>
              (default  0)  Do  not  send Accept-Charset field of HTTP header.
              Because it is too long some servers will deny the request. Other
              servers  will convert content to plain ascii when Accept-Charset
              is missing.


       -http-bugs.no-compression <0>/<1>
              (default 0) "1" causes that links won't advertise HTTP  compres-
              sion  support (but it will still accept compressed data). Use it
              when you communicate with server  that  has  broken  compression
              support.


       -http-bugs.retry-internal-errors <0>/<1>
              (default 0) Retry on internal server errors (50x).


       -http-bugs.aggressive-cache <0>/<1>
              Always  cache everything regardless of server's caching recomen-
              dations.  Many servers deny caching even if their content is not
              changing just to get more hits and more money from ads.


       -http-referer <0>/<1>
              (default 0) 0 - do not send referer.  1 - send the requested URL
              as referer.  2 - send fake referer.  3 - send real referer.  4 -
              send real referer only to the same server.


       -fake-referer <string>
              Fake referer value.


       -fake-user-agent <string>
              Fake user agent value.




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       -ftp.anonymous-password <string>
              Password for anonymous ftp access.


       -ftp.use-passive <0>/<1>
              Use ftp PASV command to bypass firewalls.


       -ftp.fast <0>/<1>
              Send  more  ftp  commands  simultaneously.  Faster response when
              browsing ftp directories, but it is incompatible  with  RFC  and
              some servers don't like it.


       -menu-font-size <size>
              Size of font in menu.


       -background-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set menu background color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.


       -foreground-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set menu foreground color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.


       -scroll-bar-area-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set color of scroll bar area. RRGGBB are hex.


       -scroll-bar-bar-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set color of scroll bar. RRGGBB are hex.


       -scroll-bar-frame-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set color of scroll bar frame. RRGGBB are hex.


       -display-red-gamma <fp-value>
              Red gamma of display. (default 2.2)


       -display-green-gamma <fp-value>
              Green gamma of display. (default 2.2)


       -display-blue-gamma <fp-value>
              Blue gamma of display. (default 2.2)


       -user-gamma <fp-value>
              Additional gamma. (defult 1)





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       -bfu-aspect <fp-value>
              Display aspect ration.


       -aspect-on <0>/<1>
              Enable aspect ratio correction.


       -dither-letters <0>/<1>
              Do letter dithering.


       -dither-images <0>/<1>
              Do image dithering.


       -display-optimize <0>/<1>/<2>
              Optimize for CRT (0), LCD RGB (1), LCD BGR (2).


       -gamma-correction <0>/<1>/<2>
              Type  of  gamma  correction:  (default 2) 0 - 8-bit (fast).  1 -
              16-bit (slow).  2 - automatically detect according to  speed  of
              FPU.


       -bookmarks-codepage <codepage>
              Character set of bookmarks file.


       -bookmarks-file <file>
              File to store bookmarks.


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


       -html-hard-assume <0>/<1>
              Use always character set from "-html-assume-codepage" no  matter
              what server sent.


       -html-tables <0>/<1>
              Render tables. (0) causes tables being rendered like in lynx.


       -html-frames <0>/<1>
              Render frames. (0) causes frames  rendered like in lynx.


       -html-images <0>/<1>
              Display links to unnamed images as [IMG]



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       -html-image-names <0>/<1>
              Display filename of an image instead of [IMG].


       -html-display-images <0>/<1>
              Display images in graphics mode.


       -html-image-scale <percent>
              Scale images in graphics mode.


       -html-bare-image-autoscale <0>/<1>
              Autoscale images displayed in full screen.


       -html-numbered-links <0>/<1>
              Number  links in text mode. Allow quick link selection by typing
              link number and enter.


       -html-table-order <0>/<1>
              In text mode, walk through table by rows (0) or columns (1).


       -html-auto-refresh <0>/<1>
              Process refresh to other page (1), or display link to that  page
              (0).


       -html-target-in-new-window <0>/<1>
              Allow opening new windows from html.


       -html-margin <number of spaces>
              Margin in text mode.


       -html-user-font-size <size>
              Size of font on pages in graphics mode.


       -lookup <hostname>
              Does name lookup, like command "host".


       -version
              Prints the links version number and exit.


       -help  Printf a help screen


       More options can be seen with links -h



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NAVIGATION KEYS
       The keys you may use while navigating are

       ESC    menu/escape

       F9     menu

       F10    file menu

       TAB    next frame

       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





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       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


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



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       ^X     cut to clipboard

       ^V     paste from clipboard

       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 or delete line (in textarea)

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

       Please report any  other  bugs  you  find  to  Mikulas  Patocka  <miku-
       las@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



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       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  sys-
       tem (but may be used by others). Updated by Karel Kulhavy.


SEE ALSO
       lynx(1), w3m(1)
















































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