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--- other:elinks_terminal_web_browser [2021/04/02 03:40]
nanodano created
+++ other:elinks_terminal_web_browser [2021/04/04 20:18] (current)
nanodano
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-====== Terminal Web Browsing with ELinks ======
+====== Terminal Web Browsing and BitTorrent with ELinks ======
-[[http://elinks.or.cz/|ELinks] is a terminal text-based web browser. The full official manual can be found at [[http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/index.html]].
+[[http://elinks.or.cz/|ELinks]] is a terminal text-based web browser. The full official manual can be found at [[http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/index.html]]. Some other text-based browsers include [[https://invisible-island.net/lynx/|Lynx]] and [[http://links.twibright.com/|Links]].
 ===== Installation =====
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 <code bash>
-wget http://elinks.or.cz/download/elinks-0.11.7.tar.gz
+wget http://elinks.or.cz/download/elinks-current-0.13.tar.gz
-tar xzf elinks-0.11.7.tar.gz
+tar xzf elinks-current-0.13.tar.gz
-cd elinks
+cd elinks-0.13-20210402  # Or whatever it's named
 ./configure --help | less
-# Add whatever options you want. if you use all of these options
-# you might also need to `sudo apt install ruby-dev python3-dev`
+# You might also need to install some dev libraries like:
+sudo apt install libz-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev
 ./configure --enable-gopher --enable-smb --enable-256-colors \
-  --enable-html-highlighting --with-python --with-ruby --with-x
+ --enable-html-highlight --with-python --with-x --enable-bittorrent
 make
-sudo make install
+src/elinks
+sudo make install  # Optional
 </code>
+===== Basic usage =====
+To launch elinks, simply invoke ''elinks'' from the command-line.
+<code bash>
+elinks
+# Open multiple tabs at once
+elinks devdungeon.com electropunk.net
+</code>
+The main menu at the top is your best friend when starting out. Use the ''ALT'' key (or mouse if it is supported) to open the menu in the top. From here you can explore some of the capabilities.
+To see what features ELinks was built with, go to the Help | About menu with ''ALT-h a''. Your version may or may not have support for BitTorrent and Gopher protocols, mouse support, SSL/TLS, and other things.
+  * Navigating
+    * Open a URL - ''g'' (empty field), ''G'' (prefilled with current URL), or ''e'' (prefilled with selected link)
+    * Scroll down and up - ''CTRL-n''/''CTRL-p'' or mouse wheel
+    * Page down - ''PAGE DOWN'', ''CTRL-f'', ''SPACE''
+    * Page up - ''PAGE UP'', ''CTRL-b'', ''b''
+    * Jump to top/bottom of page - ''CTRL-a''/''CTRL-e''
+    * Go back/forward - ''LEFT''/''u''
+    * Select next/previous link - ''UP''/''DOWN''
+    * Open current link - ''ENTER''
+    * Open current link in new tab - ''T''
+  * Tabs
+    * Open a new tab - ''t''
+    * Close a tab - ''c''
+    * Open tab menu - ''e''
+    * Next/previous tab - ''>''/''<''
+    * Move tab position - ''ALT->''/''ALT-<''
+  * Downloads
+    * Download selected link - ''d''
+    * Open download manager - ''D''
+  * Bookmarks
+    * Add a bookmark - ''a''
+    * Bookmark current page - ''A''
+    * Bookmark manager - ''s''
+  * Misc
+    * Open a temporary shell - ''ALT-f o''
+    * Open history - ''h''
+    * Edit keybinds - ''k''
+    * Quit - ''q''

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