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