h1. Using the Links web browser

Text-based browser. Good for testing a site to ensure that it reads well without JavaScript and CSS. And a good way to view the web quickly.


@sudo apt-get install links@


From the man page:

q.
links - lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser
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I began using the lynx web browser in 1996. I installed a text-based web browser on Vax/VMS, and it may have been lynx.

As of Sat, Apr 23, 2016, I'm still using the following Links browser on my home Linux computer:

* Links 2.7



Keys:
	ESC	  display menu
	^C	  quit
	^P	  scroll up
	^N	  scroll down
	[, ]	  scroll left, right
	up, down  select link
	->, enter follow link
&#9;<-, z&#9;  go back
&#9;g&#9;  go to url
&#9;G&#9;  go to url based on current url
&#9;^G&#9;  go to url based on current link
&#9;^R&#9;  reload
&#9;/&#9;  search
&#9;?&#9;  search back
&#9;n&#9;  find next
&#9;N&#9;  find previous
&#9;=&#9;  document info
&#9;\&#9;  document source
&#9;|&#9;  HTTP header
&#9;*&#9;  toggle displaying of image links (text mode)
&#9;d&#9;  download
&#9;s&#9;  bookmarks
&#9;q&#9;  quit or close current window
&#9;^X&#9;  cut to clipboard
&#9;^B&#9;  copy to clipboard
&#9;^V&#9;  paste from clipboard
&#9;^K&#9;  cut line (in textarea) or text to the end (in field)
&#9;^U&#9;  cut all text before cursor
&#9;^W&#9;  autocomplete url
&#9;Alt-1 .. Alt-9
&#9;&#9;  switch virtual screens (svgalib and framebuffer)

Keys for braille terminal:
       arrows&#9;  move the cursor
       enter&#9;  follow link
&#9;a&#9;  cursor to status line
&#9;w&#9;  cursor to title
&#9;^Y&#9;  next link
&#9;^T&#9;  previous link
&#9;y&#9;  next word
&#9;t&#9;  previous word
&#9;^O&#9;  next form field entry



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