LINKS(1)						 LINKS(1)


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 usually you do not need to care about them.


       -async-dns <0>/<1>
	      Asyncronous 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)


       -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 <Kbytes>
	      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)


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


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


       -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 con-
	      necting to existing instance.


       -version
	      Prints the links version number and exit.


       -help  Printf a help screen


KEYS
       The keys you may use are:

       ESC    go to menu

       ^P, ^N scroll up, down

       [, ]   scroll left, right

       up, down
	      select link

       ->     follow link

       <-     go back

       g      go to url

       /      search

       ?      search back

       n      ind next

       N      find previous

       =      document info

       \      document source

       d      download

       ^C     quit


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
       Can't connect to some FTP servers (Novell, NT). Connection
       stays in "Request sent" state.

       Frames  don't  work if there's more frames with same name.
       Turn them off in such case.

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

       You shoudn't press '^Z' when you are in a viewer

       Please report any other bugs you find to	 Mikulas  Patocka
       <mikulas@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 <mikulas@artax.kar-
       lin.mff.cuni.cz>.  See file Authors for a list  of  people
       contributing to this project.

       The    homepage	  of	links	 can	be    found    at
       http://links.browser.org

       This manual page was  written  by  Grin	<grin@tolna.net>,
       using  excerpts	from  a	 (yet?) unknown links fan for the
       Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).


SEE ALSO
       lynx(1), w3m(1)

































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