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

["James G." <jamesga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm running Red Hat 6.2 and "links" works fine. It compiled.
I think its extreemly great.
Only problem is that it works only with fixed space fonts (not proportional
fonts). If it did, it would be able to fit more text on the screen (allowing
larger fonts to be used).
Everything is spaced and placed close to what you would get with netscape. Lynx
cannot do this.

James G.

John Goerzen wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
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