[aclug-L] Re: Finally! mail with linux

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

lynx does not support frames and tables.  links supports tables.



james l <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> links looks interesting, but I can't gunzip the file or tar -xzf the file. 
> Guess I will just stick with lynx, which works well.
> 
> comparison (lynx based on experence, links based on webpage (your risk))
> lynx                                  links
> color or mono                         color or mono
> xterm                                 xterm
> on redhat (and likely every other one)        wouldn't extract 
> little system use                             little system use
> http (have had no errors)                     http and ftp
> cookies, frames, and tables           mouse and menu support                  
> 
> James L
> 
> On Thu, 25 May 2000, you wrote:
> > At 12:23 AM 5/25/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > > Can text-mode bring up a web page?  Probably the best thing would be
> > >
> > > to forget
> > >
> > > > > the internet for this machine.  My real intention is to use this
> > >
> > > machine as a
> > >
> > > > > server for my more powerful linux box and my windows box.  As a
> > >
> > > server, GUI would
> > >
> > > > > not be needed anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it can.  Try the program "links", which is a nice web browser for
> > > > text mode.
> > >
> > >Hmm... I thought it was spelled "lynx" :-)
> >
> > I thought it was too and every so often I would see a list of web browsers
> > that included lynx and links.  Out of curiosity I just checked on freshmeat
> > and found this link - <
> > http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/11/25/943536422.html >.  Don't know how
> > it works, but there is a text web browser called "links".
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> > -- This is the discussion@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
> > visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi
> 
> -- This is the discussion@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
> visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi
> 

-- 
John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The 76,374,120th prime number is 1,534,830,083.

-- This is the discussion@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi