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+.\" Process this file with groff -man -Tascii links.1
+.TH LINKS 1 "Aug, 2006"
+.SH NAME
+links \- lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B links
+.I "[options] URL"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B links
+is a text mode WWW browser with ncurses interface, supporting
+colors, correct table rendering, background downloading, menu
+driven configuration interface and slim code.
+.P
+Frames are supported. You can have different file formats
+associated with external viewers. mailto: and telnet:
+are supported via external clients.
+.P
+.I links
+can handle local (file://) or remote (http:// or ftp://) URLs.
+.PP
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+Most options can be set in the user
+interface or config file, so usually you do not need to care about them.
+
+.TP
+\f3-g\f1
+Run Links in graphics mode. If not given, Links will run in text mode.
+Running in graphics mode means that Links will probe all compiled-in graphics
+devices and run on the first found. If none found, links will not run in
+graphics mode. This option works only if --enable-graphics was given
+to ./configure.
+
+.TP
+\f3-no-g\f1
+Run in text mode (overrides previous -g).
+
+.TP
+\f3-driver \f2<driver name>\f1
+Graphics driver to use. Drivers are: x, svgalib, fb, directfb, pmshell,
+atheos.
+List of drivers will be shown if you give it an unknown driver.
+Available drivers depend on your operating system and available libraries.
+
+.TP
+\f3-mode \f2<parameter>\f1
+Pass a parameter to the graphics driver. On SVGAlib, this is widthxheightxdepth,
+(where depth is 16, 256, 32K, 64K, 16M or 16M32) and defines the graphics mode, on X the format is WIDTHxHEIGHT and defines the
+window size.
+
+.TP
+\f3-display \f2<x-display>\f1
+Set Xwindow display.
+
+.TP
+\f3-force-html\f1
+Treat files with unknown type as html rather than text.
+(can be toggled with '\\' key)
+
+.TP
+\f3-source \f2<url>\f1
+Write unformatted data stream to stdout.
+
+.TP
+\f3-dump \f2<url>\f1
+Write formatted document to stdout.
+
+.TP
+\f3-width \f2<number>\f1
+For dump, document will be formatted to this screen width (but it can still
+exceed it if lines can't be broken).
+
+.TP
+\f3-codepage \f2<codepage>\f1
+For dump, convert output to specified character set --
+for eaxmple iso-8859-2, windows-1250.
+
+.TP
+\f3-anonymous\f1
+Restrict links so that it can run on an anonymous account.
+No local file browsing. No downloads. Executing of viewers
+is allowed, but user can't add or modify entries in
+association table.
+
+.TP
+\f3-no-connect\f1
+Runs links as a separate instance - instead of connecting to
+existing instance.
+
+.TP
+\f3-max-connections \f2<max>\f1
+Maximum number of concurrent connections.
+(default: 10)
+
+.TP
+\f3-max-connections-to-host \f2<max>\f1
+Maximum number of concurrent connection to a given host.
+(default: 2)
+
+.TP
+\f3-retries \f2<retry>\f1
+Number of retries.
+(default: 3)
+
+.TP
+\f3-receive-timeout \f2<sec>\f1
+Timeout on receive.
+(default: 120)
+
+.TP
+\f3-unrestartable-receive-timeout \f2<sec>\f1
+Timeout on non restartable connections.
+(default: 600)
+
+.TP
+\f3-bind-address \f2<ip address>\f1
+Use a specific local IP address.
+
+.TP
+\f3-async-dns \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Asynchronous DNS resolver on(1)/off(0).
+
+.TP
+\f3-download-utime \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Set time of downloaded files to last modification time reported by server.
+
+.TP
+\f3-format-cache-size \f2<num>\f1
+Number of formatted document pages cached.
+(default: 5)
+
+.TP
+\f3-memory-cache-size \f2<bytes>\f1
+Cache memory in Kilobytes.
+(default: 1024)
+
+.TP
+\f3-image-cache-size \f2<bytes>\f1
+Cache memory in Kilobytes.
+(default: 1024)
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-proxy \f2<host:port>\f1
+Host and port number of the HTTP proxy, or blank.
+(default: blank)
+
+.TP
+\f3-ftp-proxy \f2<host:port>\f1
+Host and port number of the FTP proxy, or blank.
+(default: blank)
+
+.TP
+\f3-socks-proxy \f2<user@host:port>\f1
+Userid, host and port of Socks4a, or blank.
+(default: blank)
+
+.TP
+\f3-append-text-to-dns-lookups \f2<text>\f1
+Append text to dns lookups. It is useful for specifying fixed tor exit node.
+(default: blank)
+
+.TP
+\f3-only-proxies \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+"1" causes that Links won't initiate any non-proxy connection.
+It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks.
+
+.TP
+\f3-download-dir \f2<path>\f1
+Default download directory.
+(default: actual dir)
+
+.TP
+\f3-aggressive-cache \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Always cache everything regardless of server's caching recomendations.
+Many servers deny caching even if their content is not changing
+just to get more hits and more money from ads.
+
+.TP
+\f3-language \f2<language>\f1
+Set user interface language.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.http10 \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 0) "1" forces using only HTTP/1.0 protocol. (useful for buggy servers
+that claim to be HTTP/1.1 compliant but are not)
+"0" enables using both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.allow-blacklist \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 1)
+"1" defaults to using list of servers that have broken HTTP/1.1 support.
+When links finds such server, it will retry the request with HTTP/1.0.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.bug-302-redirect \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 1)
+Process 302 redirect in a way that is incompatible with RFC1945 and RFC2068,
+but the same as Netscape and MSIE. Many pages depend on it.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.bug-post-no-keepalive \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 0)
+No keepalive connection after post requests. For some buggy servers.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.bug-no-accept-charset \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 0)
+Do not send Accept-Charset field of HTTP header. Because it is too long
+some servers will deny the request. Other servers will convert content
+to plain ascii when Accept-Charset is missing.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.no-compression \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 0) "1" causes that links won't advertise HTTP compression support (but
+it will still accept compressed data). Use it when you communicate with server
+that has broken compression support.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http-bugs.retry-internal-errors \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+(default 0)
+Retry on internal server errors (50x).
+
+.TP
+\f3-http.referer \f2<0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>\f1
+(default 0)
+0 - do not send referer.
+1 - send the requested URL as referer.
+2 - send fake referer.
+3 - send real referer.
+4 - send real referer only to the same server.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http.fake-referer \f2<string>\f1
+Fake referer value.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http.fake-user-agent \f2<string>\f1
+Fake user agent value.
+
+.TP
+\f3-http.extra-header \f2<string>\f1
+Extra string added to HTTP header.
+
+.TP
+\f3-ftp.anonymous-password \f2<string>\f1
+Password for anonymous ftp access.
+
+.TP
+\f3-ftp.use-passive \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Use ftp PASV command to bypass firewalls.
+
+.TP
+\f3-ftp.fast \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Send more ftp commands simultaneously. Faster response when
+browsing ftp directories, but it is incompatible with RFC
+and some servers don't like it.
+
+.TP
+\f3-menu-font-size \f2<size>\f1
+Size of font in menu.
+
+.TP
+\f3-menu-background-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Set menu background color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.
+
+.TP
+\f3-menu-foreground-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Set menu foreground color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.
+
+.TP
+\f3-scroll-bar-area-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Set color of scroll bar area. RRGGBB are hex.
+
+.TP
+\f3-scroll-bar-bar-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Set color of scroll bar. RRGGBB are hex.
+
+.TP
+\f3-scroll-bar-frame-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Set color of scroll bar frame. RRGGBB are hex.
+
+.TP
+\f3-display-red-gamma \f2<fp-value>\f1
+Red gamma of display. (default 2.2)
+
+.TP
+\f3-display-green-gamma \f2<fp-value>\f1
+Green gamma of display. (default 2.2)
+
+.TP
+\f3-display-blue-gamma \f2<fp-value>\f1
+Blue gamma of display. (default 2.2)
+
+.TP
+\f3-user-gamma \f2<fp-value>\f1
+Additional gamma. (defult 1)
+
+.TP
+\f3-bfu-aspect \f2<fp-value>\f1
+Display aspect ration.
+
+.TP
+\f3-aspect-on \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Enable aspect ratio correction.
+
+.TP
+\f3-dither-letters \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Do letter dithering.
+
+.TP
+\f3-dither-images \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Do image dithering.
+
+.TP
+\f3-display-optimize \f2<0>/<1>/<2>\f1
+Optimize for CRT (0), LCD RGB (1), LCD BGR (2).
+
+.TP
+\f3-gamma-correction \f2<0>/<1>/<2>\f1
+Type of gamma correction:
+(default 2)
+0 - 8-bit (fast).
+1 - 16-bit (slow).
+2 - automatically detect according to speed of FPU.
+
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-enable-javascript \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+.\"Enable javascript.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.verbose-errors \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+.\"Display javascript errors.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.verbose-warnings \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+.\"Display javascript warnings.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.enable-all-conversions \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+.\"Enable conversions between all types in javascript.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.enable-global-resolution \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+.\"Resolve global names.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.manual-confirmation \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+.\"Ask user to confirm potentially dangerous operations.
+.\"(opening windows, going to url etc.) Default 1.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.recursion-depth \f2<integer>\f1
+.\"Depth of javascript call stack.
+.\"
+.\".TP
+.\"\f3-js.memory-limit \f2<memory amount>\f1
+.\"Amount of kilobytes the javascript may allocate.
+.\"
+.TP
+\f3-bookmarks-codepage \f2<codepage>\f1
+Character set of bookmarks file.
+
+.TP
+\f3-bookmarks-file \f2<file>\f1
+File to store bookmarks.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-assume-codepage \f2<codepage>\f1
+Use the given codepage when the webpage did not specify
+its codepage. (default: ISO 8859-1)
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-hard-assume \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Use always character set from "-html-assume-codepage" no matter
+what server sent.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-tables \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Render tables. (0) causes tables being rendered like in lynx.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-frames \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Render frames. (0) causes frames rendered like in lynx.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-images \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Display links to unnamed images as [IMG]
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-image-names \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Display filename of an image instead of [IMG].
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-display-images \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Display images in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-image-scale \f2<percent>\f1
+Scale images in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-bare-image-autoscale \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Autoscale images displayed in full screen.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-numbered-links \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Number links in text mode. Allow quick link selection by typing
+link number and enter.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-table-order \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+In text mode, walk through table by rows (0) or columns (1).
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-auto-refresh \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Process refresh to other page (1), or display link to that page (0).
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-target-in-new-window \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Allow opening new windows from html.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-margin \f2<number of spaces>\f1
+Margin in text mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-user-font-size \f2<size>\f1
+Size of font on pages in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-t-text-color \f2<0>-<15>\f1
+Text color in text mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-t-link-color \f2<0>-<15>\f1
+Link color in text mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-t-background-color \f2<0>-<7>\f1
+Background color in text mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-t-ignore-document-color \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Ignore colors specified in html document in text mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-g-text-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Text color in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-g-link-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Link color in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-g-background-color \f20xRRGGBB\f1
+Background color in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-html-g-ignore-document-color \f2<0>/<1>\f1
+Ignore colors specified in html document in graphics mode.
+
+.TP
+\f3-lookup \f2<hostname>\f1
+Does name lookup, like command "host".
+
+.TP
+\f3-version\f1
+Prints the
+.I links
+version number and exit.
+
+.TP
+\f3-help\f1
+Printf a help screen
+
+.PP
+More options can be seen with links -h
+
+.SH NAVIGATION KEYS
+The keys you may use while navigating are
+.TP
+.B ESC
+menu/escape
+.TP
+.B F9
+menu
+.TP
+.B F10
+file menu
+.TP
+.B TAB
+next frame
+.TP
+.B PGDN
+page down
+.TP
+.B Space
+page down
+.TP
+.B PGUP
+page up
+.TP
+.B b
+page up
+.TP
+.B B
+page up
+.TP
+.B CursorDOWN
+next link/down (text mode), scroll down (graphics mode)
+.TP
+.B CursorUP
+prev link/up (text mode), up (graphics mode)
+.TP
+.B ^INS
+copy to clipboard
+.TP
+.B ^C
+copy to clipboard (OS/2 only)
+.TP
+.B INS
+scroll up (text mode only)
+.TP
+.B ^P
+scroll up
+.TP
+.B DEL
+scroll down
+.TP
+.B ^N
+scroll down
+.TP
+.B [
+scroll left
+.TP
+.B ]
+scroll right
+.TP
+.B HOME
+home
+.TP
+.B END
+end of page
+.TP
+.B CursorRIGHT
+enter link/press button (text mode), scroll right (graphics mode)
+.TP
+.B ENTER
+enter link/press button
+.TP
+.B CursorLEFT
+go back (text mode), scroll left (graphics mode)
+.TP
+.B d
+download link (text mode only)
+.TP
+.B D
+download link (text mode only)
+.TP
+.B /
+search in the page
+.TP
+.B ?
+search back in the page
+.TP
+.B n
+find next match
+.TP
+.B N
+find next match backwards
+.TP
+.B f
+zoom actual frame
+.TP
+.B F
+zoom actual frame
+.TP
+.B ^R
+reload page
+.TP
+.B g
+go to URL
+.TP
+.B G
+edit the current URL and goto the result
+.TP
+.B s
+bookmark manager
+.TP
+.B S
+bookmark manager
+.TP
+.B q
+quit, close window if more windows are open
+.TP
+.B Q
+quit, close window if more windows are open
+.TP
+.B =
+document informations
+.TP
+.B \e
+toggle HTML source/rendered view
+
+.SH EDITING KEYS
+The following keys can be used while editing a line/jumping to a URL:
+.TP
+.B CursorRIGHT
+move right
+.TP
+.B CursorLEFT
+move left
+.TP
+.B HOME
+jump at the beginning
+.TP
+.B ^A
+jump at the beginning
+.TP
+.B END
+jump at the end
+.TP
+.B ^E
+jump at the end
+.TP
+.B ^X
+cut to clipboard
+.TP
+.B ^V
+paste from clipboard
+.TP
+.B ENTER
+enter line
+.TP
+.B BACKSPACE
+delete back character
+.TP
+.B ^H
+delete back character
+.TP
+.B DEL
+delete character
+.TP
+.B ^D
+delete character
+.TP
+.B ^U
+delete from beginning of the line
+.TP
+.B ^K
+delete to the end of the line or delete line (in textarea)
+.TP
+.B ^W
+auto complete line
+
+
+
+
+
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.IP "~/.links/links.cfg"
+Per-user configfile, automatically created by
+.B links.
+.SH PLATFORMS
+.B links
+is known to work on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, HPUX, Digital Unix, AIX,
+OS/2 and BeOS.
+Port for Win32 is in state of beta testing.
+.SH BUGS
+You can't upload large files; it takes _lots_ of memory.
+.PP
+Please report any other bugs you find to Mikulas Patocka
+<mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+
+.SH LICENSE
+.B links
+is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+.I links
+was written by
+.B Mikulas Patocka, Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy, Petr 'Brain' Kulhavy, and Martin 'PerM' Pergel.
+See file
+.I AUTHORS
+for a list of people contributing to this project.
+.P
+The homepage of links can be found at
+.BI http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links
+.P
+This manual page was written by Peter Gervai <grin@tolna.net>,
+using excerpts from a (yet?) unknown
+.I links
+fan
+for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Updated by Karel Kulhavy.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR lynx (1),
+.BR w3m (1)