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Kevie , from the TuxJam podcast, takes a look at the Lynx command line browser and briefly discusses it's uses and if it still has a place in our modern times.
Some Useful Hot-keys:
g to go to a specific website
m goes to your start page (Main screen is what Lynx calls it)
o for options
h for help
p for print
q to quit program
/ search for text on a page
Navigation
< previous page
> forward page
up and down move between links on the page. Down or left will also cancel a command if pressed accidentally.
Pg Up and Pg Down scroll up or down a whole screen at a time.
ctrl n (down or next) and ctrl p (up or previous) will move the page up and down a couple of lines
a will add the current page to the bookmarks list
v views the list of bookmarks
, open the current page in another browser
G displays the URL and allows editing
ctrl L reloads the current page
Some Basic Config Edits:
Edit the file /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg (You will need to used sudo privileges to edit a system file)
To change the starting page go to Line 111 and add
STARTFILE:YOUR_CHOSEN_PAGE_URL
I used https://duckduckgo.com/lite
Don't forget to comment out the default one at line 105
To change the browser to open a link, go to Line 3141 and add
EXTERNAL:http:BROSWER_LAUNCH_COMMAND %s:TRUE
To use the default browser on modern Linux systems add xdg-open
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