Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:36:30 -0200 From: BinarySoul <binary@b1n.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1011258211.63c01f@mired.org> Cc: dochawk@psu.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: command line web browsers Message-ID: <20020112133630.F31058@b1n.org> In-Reply-To: <15423.64480.633938.960395@guru.mired.org>; from mwm-dated-1011258211.63c01f@mired.org on Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 03:03:28AM -0600 References: <104474161@toto.iv> <15423.64480.633938.960395@guru.mired.org>
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Links is a good one too :) Mike Meyer (mwm-dated-1011258211.63c01f@mired.org) wrote: > dochawk@psu.edu types: > > parv provided, > > > w3m. it handles frames, tables, images (yes images) etc. just fine. > > I tried w3m for a few days, and it drove me nuts, leading me back to > > lynx. Too many crashes (I've managed to crash lynx twice in seven > > years), the use of frames left too little of the window to read the > > important parts, and I couldn't launch external copies to follow links > > like I do with lynx. > > Gee, it hasn't crashed on me in *ages*. I have it set to not > autorender framed pages, which may be part of the problem. > > It can launch external copies of itself. Just set the external browser > to something appropriate, like "xterm +sb -sl 0 -e w3m". Even better > - and the reason I switched - is that it has three external browsers, > so I can have it launch a graphical browser to follow a link, or view > a page that's poorly written. > > I still miss the numbered links, though. If lynx can do multiple > external browsers, I might switch back. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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