LYNX(l)

NAME
lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web

SYNOPSIS
Lynx [options] [path or URL]

use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options.

DESCRIPTION
Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals, vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other "curses-oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers. Current versions of Lynx run on UNIX and VMS.

Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide Web, or to build information systems intended primarily for local access. For example, Lynx has been used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS). In addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.

OPTIONS
At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL specified at the command line. For help with URLs, press "?" or "h" while running Lynx. Then follow the link titled, "Help on URL's."

-anonymous
    used to specify the anonymous account.

-case
    enable case-sensitive string searching.

-cache=NUMBER
    set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The default is 10.

-cfg=FILENAME
    specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg.

-display=DISPLAY
    set the display variable for X rexeced programs.

-dump
    dumps the formatted output of the default document or one specified on the command line to standard out. Under UNIX this can be used in the following way: lynx -dump http://info.cern.ch/default.html.

-editor=EDITOR
    enable edit mode using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)

-emacskeys
    enable emacs-like key movement.

-force_html
    forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML.

-ftp
    disable ftp access.

-help
    print this Lynx command syntax usage message.

-index=URL
    set the default index file to the specified URL

-noprint
    disable print functions.

-nostatus
    disable the retrieval status messages.

-print
    enable print functions. (default)

-restrictions=[option][,option][,option]...
    allows a list of services to be disabled selectively. The following list is printed if no options are specified. all - restricts all options. bookmark - disallow changing the location of the bookmark file. default - same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default services for anonymous users. Currently set to all restricted except for: inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_news, inside_ftp, outside_ftp, inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, jump, mail and goto. Defaults are setable within userdefs.h. disk_save - disallow saving binary files to disk in the download menu. download - disallow downloaders in the download menu. editor - disallow editing. exec - disable execution scripts. exec_frozen - disallow the user from changing the local execution option. file_url - disallow using G)oto to go to file: URL's. goto - disable the 'g' (goto) command. inside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from inside your domain. inside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from inside you domain. inside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from inside your domain. inside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from inside your domain. jump - disable the 'j' (jump) command. mail - disable mailing feature. news_post - disable USENET News posting. options_save - disallow saving options in .lynxrc. outside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from outside your domain. outside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from outside you domain. outside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from outside your domain. outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from outside your domain. print - disallow most print options. shell - disallow shell escapes.

-rlogin
    disable recognition of rlogin commands.

-show_cursor
    If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand corner but will instead be positioned at the start of the currently selected link. show cursor is the default for systems without FANCY_CURSES capabilities, and the default configuration can be changed in userdefs.h.

-source
    works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted text.

-telnet
    disable recognition of telnet commands.

-term=TERM
    tell Lynx what terminal type to assume its talking to. (This may be useful for remote execution, when, for example, Lynx connects to a remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in turn, starts another Lynx process.)

-trace
    turns on WWW trace mode.

-vikeys
    enable vi-like key movement.

-version
    print version information

COMMANDS
o Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext links.
o Right arrow or Return will follow a highlighted hypertext link.
o Left Arrow will retreat from a link.
o Type "h" or "?" to get online help and a full list of key-stroke commands.

NOTES
This is the Lynx 2.3.7 Beta Release for UN*X/VMS

Send bug reports to <lynx-bug@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>. Send help requests, comments, problems to <lynx-help@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>.

If you wish to contribute to the further development of Lynx, subscribe to our mailing list. Send email to <listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu> with "subscribe lynx-dev <your-name>" as the only line in the body of your message.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way. The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel of Computing Services at the University of Saskatchewan, who implemented HYPERREZ in the UN*X environment. HYPERREZ was developed by Niel Larson of Think.com and served as the model for the early versions of Lynx. Those versions also incorporated libraries from the UN*X Gopher clients developed at the University of Minnesota, and the later versions of Lynx rely on the WWW client library code developed by Tim Berners-Lee and the WWW community. Also a special thanks to Foteos Macrides who ported much of Lynx to VMS and to everyone on the net who has contributed to Lynx's development either directly (through comments or bug reports) or indirectly (through inspiration and development of other systems).

AUTHORS
Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac, Lou Montulli
Academic Computing Services
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66047