From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 00:27:54 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5FA302; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:27:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f172.google.com (mail-vc0-f172.google.com [209.85.220.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E843730E; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:27:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id fw7so943860vcb.17 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=HjJme8ZAiPqqiDrATz1mlhlA+xOeXeYI91kKNcNqhFs=; b=uO1iryENhkSls6bYLE5Tt7jDdN413w4KkQLQtL02uV2Couj3X4zq3BrPtMQye+ep3h T3+iXmtj3XpqXRtkZAvun7Nk6DwfqQ5f1Wh2QnVdqZ0hW4DzEI0iXCbB+R3rqgfzwcYf dsL+JwQQLMxxy+th3JSNJs15nk108jmYNZQGVvyByuKDvVEt8yX4dzkF/tLvuwutO9Eb ZtjDicuZx5GVzSqhwnIRBj6Kd7kEFcQHka7eV/CwQpQ3gPkny+0EAWkTk3X8oG0mBL0R gS+1srlh8zfaz5vxsznJsG0j+mFE/o7sfZGAYEh/2Gcw8TThntKxvXPKLVIJ2SXOPaHw AbIw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.58.168.135 with SMTP id zw7mr93911681veb.4.1357864066622; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.214.226 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130111012442.2bd609c8.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <50EF0F2B.1030801@a1poweruser.com> <20130110233325.783e1d42.freebsd@edvax.de> <06da01cdef84$9f327ca0$dd9775e0$@freebsd.org> <20130111004126.8abe07ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <06ff01cdef8e$1990b1c0$4cb21540$@freebsd.org> <20130111012442.2bd609c8.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:27:46 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: dteske@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:27:54 -0000 On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800, dteske@freebsd.org wrote: > > Ok, the reason I ask is actually because I have this insane (?) idea of > shoving > > one of the aforementioned solutions onto the installation media so that > (gasp) > > we can have that functionality back like we had in the days of > sysinstall. > > So my stupid brain remembered something that actually has > happened? A text mode browser in the default installation? > Called /usr/bin/lynx maybe? It must be a long time ago... > > > > > So naturally, my first question is "which one?" > > The UNIX philosophy suggests to use one that is sufficient > for the purpose. A look at dependencies would be useful. > From that point of view, lynx seems to be okay, as it > will do all the things which are required: Render the > HTML in a readable manner, make the hyperreferences > accessible, evenprovide NLS if the installation has > a requirement for that (newbie non-US users probably > will find that feature useful), no dependencies regarding > graphics hardware, so it will even work on a serial > terminal (when in use at a museum) or via SSH if > urgently needed. > > However, it seems that lynx does not support UTF-8, but > again, that doesn't matter, as there is no such content > in the documents, and it doesn't work in text mode anyway. > > And if you need a transparent background, clean your > terminal. :-) > > It would also be possible to use w3m with ja- users in > mind, disabling the "inline image" functions to get rid > of x11, fb, and gtk2 dependencies. If desired, w3m can > use the lynx keyboard map. > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers_for_Unix_and_Unix-like_operating_systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_web_browser http://www.freshports.org/japanese/w3m/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m w3m ( MIT ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Mode_Browser Line Mode Browser ( W3C Software Notice and License ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3C_Software_Notice_and_License W3C Software Notice and License http://www.freshports.org/www/elinks/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks ELinks ( GPLv2 ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alynx Lynx (web browser) ( GPLv2 ) http://www.freshports.org/www/links/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_%28web_browser%29 Links (web browser) ( GPLv2+ ) http://www.freshports.org/japanese/lynx/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29 Lynx (web browser) ( GPLv2 ) ..................... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs/W3 Emacs/W3 ( GPLv2+ ) http://www.gnu.org/software/w3/ http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/w3/ Alternative : http://www.freshports.org/www/emacs-w3m/ http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/ ..................... Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk