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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 usu‐
       ally you do not need to care about them.

       -help  Print a help screen

       -version
	      Prints the links version number and exit.

       -lookup <hostname>
	      Does name lookup, like command "host".

       -g     Run Links in graphics mode. If not given, Links will run in text
	      mode.   Running in graphics mode means that Links will probe all
	      compiled-in graphics devices and run on the first found. If none
	      found,  links  will  not run in graphics mode. This option works
	      only if --enable-graphics was given to ./configure.

       -no-g  Run in text mode (overrides previous -g).

       -driver <driver name>
	      Graphics driver to use. Drivers are: x, svgalib,	fb,  directfb,
	      pmshell,	atheos.	  List of drivers will be shown if you give it
	      an unknown driver.  Available drivers depend on  your  operating
	      system and available libraries.

       -mode <parameter>
	      Pass  a  parameter  to  the graphics driver. On SVGAlib, this is
	      widthxheightxdepth, (where depth is 16, 256, 32K,	 64K,  16M  or
	      16M32) and defines the graphics mode, on X the format is WIDTHx‐
	      HEIGHT and defines the window size.

       -display <x-display>
	      Set Xwindow display.

       -force-html
	      Treat files with unknown type as html rather than text.  (can be
	      toggled with '\' key)

       -source <url>
	      Write unformatted data stream to stdout.

       -dump <url>
	      Write formatted document to stdout.

       -width <number>
	      For  dump,  document will be formatted to this screen width (but
	      it can still exceed it if lines can't be broken).

       -codepage <codepage>
	      For dump, convert output to specified character set -- for eaxm‐
	      ple iso-8859-2, windows-1250.

       -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 ta‐
	      ble.

       -no-connect
	      Runs links as a separate instance -  instead  of	connecting  to
	      existing instance.

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

       -language <language>
	      Set user interface language.

       -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)

       -bind-address <ip address>
	      Use a specific local IP address.

       -bind-address-ipv6 <ipv6 address>
	      Use a specific local IPv6 address.

       -async-dns <0>/<1>
	      Asynchronous DNS resolver on(1)/off(0).

       -download-utime <0>/<1>
	      Set time of downloaded files to last modification time  reported
	      by server.

       -format-cache-size <num>
	      Number of formatted document pages cached.  (default: 5)

       -memory-cache-size <bytes>
	      Cache memory in bytes.  (default: 1048576)

       -image-cache-size <bytes>
	      Cache memory in bytes.  (default: 1048576)

       -font-cache-size <bytes>
	      Cache memory in bytes.  (default: 2097152)

       -aggressive-cache <0>/<1>
	      Always  cache everything regardless of server's caching recomen‐
	      dations.	Many servers deny caching even if their content is not
	      changing just to get more hits and more money from ads.

       -address-preference <0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>
	      (default	0) 0 - use system default.  1 - prefer IPv4.  2 - pre‐
	      fer IPv6.	 3 - use only IPv4.  4 - use only IPv6.

       -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)

       -https-proxy <host:port>
	      Host and port number of the HTTPS proxy,	or  blank.   (default:
	      blank)

       -socks-proxy <user@host:port>
	      Userid, host and port of Socks4a, or blank.  (default: blank)

       -append-text-to-dns-lookups <text>
	      Append  text  to	dns lookups. It is useful for specifying fixed
	      tor exit node.  (default: blank)

       -only-proxies <0>/<1>
	      "1" causes that Links won't initiate any	non-proxy  connection.
	      It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks.

       -http-bugs.http10 <0>/<1>
	      (default 0) "1" forces using only HTTP/1.0 protocol. (useful for
	      buggy servers that claim to be HTTP/1.1 compliant but  are  not)
	      "0" enables using both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1.

       -http-bugs.allow-blacklist <0>/<1>
	      (default 1) "1" defaults to using list of servers that have bro‐
	      ken HTTP/1.1 support.  When links finds  such  server,  it  will
	      retry the request with HTTP/1.0.

       -http-bugs.bug-302-redirect <0>/<1>
	      (default	1)  Process 302 redirect in a way that is incompatible
	      with RFC1945 and RFC2068, but the same  as  Netscape  and	 MSIE.
	      Many pages depend on it.

       -http-bugs.bug-post-no-keepalive <0>/<1>
	      (default	0)  No	keepalive  connection after post requests. For
	      some buggy servers.

       -http-bugs.bug-no-accept-charset <0>/<1>
	      (default 0) Do not send Accept-Charset  field  of	 HTTP  header.
	      Because it is too long some servers will deny the request. Other
	      servers will convert content to plain ascii when	Accept-Charset
	      is missing.

       -http-bugs.no-compression <0>/<1>
	      (default	0) "1" causes that links won't advertise HTTP compres‐
	      sion support (but it will still accept compressed data). Use  it
	      when  you	 communicate  with  server that has broken compression
	      support.

       -http-bugs.retry-internal-errors <0>/<1>
	      (default 0) Retry on internal server errors (50x).

       -http.do-not-track <0>/<1>
	      (default 0) Send do not track request in the HTTP header.

       -http.referer <0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>
	      (default 0) 0 - do not send referer.  1 - send the requested URL
	      as referer.  2 - send fake referer.  3 - send real referer.  4 -
	      send real referer only to the same server.

       -http.fake-referer <string>
	      Fake referer value.

       -http.fake-user-agent <string>
	      Fake user agent value.

       -http.extra-header <string>
	      Extra string added to HTTP header.

       -ftp.anonymous-password <string>
	      Password for anonymous ftp access.

       -ftp.use-passive <0>/<1>
	      Use ftp PASV command to bypass firewalls.

       -ftp.use-erpt-epsv <0>/<1>
	      Use EPRT and EPSV commands instead of PORT and PASV.

       -ftp.fast <0>/<1>
	      Send more ftp  commands  simultaneously.	Faster	response  when
	      browsing	ftp  directories,  but it is incompatible with RFC and
	      some servers don't like it.

       -ftp.set-iptos <0>/<1>
	      Set IP Type-of-service to high throughput on ftp connections.

       -smb.allow-hyperlinks-to-smb <0>/<1>
	      Allow hyperlinks to SMB protocol.	 Disabling this improves secu‐
	      rity, because internet sites cannot exploit possible bugs in the
	      SMB client.

       -menu-font-size <size>
	      Size of font in menu.

       -menu-background-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Set menu background color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.

       -menu-foreground-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Set menu foreground color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.

       -scroll-bar-area-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Set color of scroll bar area. RRGGBB are hex.

       -scroll-bar-bar-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Set color of scroll bar. RRGGBB are hex.

       -scroll-bar-frame-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Set color of scroll bar frame. RRGGBB are hex.

       -bookmarks-file <file>
	      File to store bookmarks.

       -bookmarks-codepage <codepage>
	      Character set of bookmarks file.

       -save-url-history <0>/<1>
	      Save URL history on exit.

       -display-red-gamma <fp-value>
	      Red gamma of display. (default 2.2)

       -display-green-gamma <fp-value>
	      Green gamma of display. (default 2.2)

       -display-blue-gamma <fp-value>
	      Blue gamma of display. (default 2.2)

       -user-gamma <fp-value>
	      Additional gamma. (defult 1)

       -bfu-aspect <fp-value>
	      Display aspect ration.

       -aspect-on <0>/<1>
	      Enable aspect ratio correction.

       -dither-letters <0>/<1>
	      Do letter dithering.

       -dither-images <0>/<1>
	      Do image dithering.

       -display-optimize <0>/<1>/<2>
	      Optimize for CRT (0), LCD RGB (1), LCD BGR (2).

       -gamma-correction <0>/<1>/<2>
	      Type of gamma correction: (default 2) 0 -	 8-bit	(fast).	  1  -
	      16-bit  (slow).	2 - automatically detect according to speed of
	      FPU.

       -overwrite-instead-of-scroll <0>/<1>
	      Overwrite the screen instead of scrolling it (valid for  svgalib
	      and framebuffer).	 Overwriting may or may not be faster, depend‐
	      ing on hardware.

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

       -html-hard-assume <0>/<1>
	      Use  always character set from "-html-assume-codepage" no matter
	      what server sent.

       -html-tables <0>/<1>
	      Render tables. (0) causes tables being rendered like in lynx.

       -html-frames <0>/<1>
	      Render frames. (0) causes frames	rendered like in lynx.

       -html-images <0>/<1>
	      Display links to unnamed images as [IMG]

       -html-image-names <0>/<1>
	      Display filename of an image instead of [IMG].

       -html-display-images <0>/<1>
	      Display images in graphics mode.

       -html-image-scale <percent>
	      Scale images in graphics mode.

       -html-bare-image-autoscale <0>/<1>
	      Autoscale images displayed in full screen.

       -html-numbered-links <0>/<1>
	      Number links in text mode. Allow quick link selection by	typing
	      link number and enter.

       -html-table-order <0>/<1>
	      In text mode, walk through table by rows (0) or columns (1).

       -html-auto-refresh <0>/<1>
	      Process  refresh to other page (1), or display link to that page
	      (0).

       -html-target-in-new-window <0>/<1>
	      Allow opening new windows from html.

       -html-margin <number of spaces>
	      Margin in text mode.

       -html-user-font-size <size>
	      Size of font on pages in graphics mode.

       -html-t-text-color <0>-<15>
	      Text color in text mode.

       -html-t-link-color <0>-<15>
	      Link color in text mode.

       -html-t-background-color <0>-<7>
	      Background color in text mode.

       -html-t-ignore-document-color <0>/<1>
	      Ignore colors specified in html document in text mode.

       -html-g-text-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Text color in graphics mode.

       -html-g-link-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Link color in graphics mode.

       -html-g-background-color 0xRRGGBB
	      Background color in graphics mode.

       -html-g-ignore-document-color <0>/<1>
	      Ignore colors specified in html document in graphics mode.

       More options can be seen with links -h


NAVIGATION KEYS
       The keys you may use while navigating are

       ESC    menu/escape

       F9     menu

       F10    file menu

       TAB    next frame

       PGDN   page down

       Space  page down

       PGUP   page up

       b      page up

       CursorDOWN
	      next link/down

       CursorUP
	      prev link/up

       INS    scroll up

       ^P     scroll up

       DEL    scroll down

       ^N     scroll down

       [      scroll left

       ]      scroll right

       HOME   home

       END    end of page

       CursorRIGHT
	      enter link/press button

       ENTER  enter link/press button

       CursorLEFT
	      go back

       d      download link

       /      search in the page

       ?      search back in the page

       n      find next match

       N      find next match backwards

       f      zoom actual frame

       ^R     reload page

       g      go to URL

       G      edit the current URL and goto the result

       ^G     edit the current link and goto the result

       s      bookmark manager

       q      quit, close window if more windows are open

       Q      quit without asking

       =      document information

       \      toggle HTML source/rendered view

EDITING KEYS
       The following keys can be used while editing a line/jumping to a URL:

       CursorRIGHT
	      move right

       CursorLEFT
	      move left

       HOME   jump at the beginning

       ^A     jump at the beginning

       END    jump at the end

       ^E     jump at the end

       ^X     cut to clipboard

       ^B     copy to clipboard

       ^V     paste from clipboard

       ENTER  enter line

       BACKSPACE
	      delete back character

       ^H     delete back character

       DEL    delete character

       ^D     delete character

       ^U     delete from beginning of the line

       ^K     delete to the end of the line or delete line (in textarea)

       ^W     auto complete line

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, BeOS and Win32.

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

       Please  report any other bugs you find to Mikulas Patocka <miku‐
       las@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, Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy,
       Petr 'Brain'  Kulhavy,  and  Martin  'PerM'  Pergel.   See  file
       AUTHORS for a list of people contributing to this project.

       The   homepage  of  links  can  be  found  at  http://atrey.kar‐
       lin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links

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

SEE ALSO
       lynx(1), w3m(1)

				   Aug, 2006			      LINKS(1)
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