LINKS(1)                   OpenBSD Reference Manual                   LINKS(1)



NAME
       links - lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser

SYNOPSIS
       links [options] URL

DESCRIPTION
       links is a text mode WWW browser with ncurses interface, supporting
       colors, correct table rendering, background downloading, menu driven
       configuration interface and slim code.

       Frames are supported. You can have different file formats associated
       with external viewers. mailto: and telnet: are supported via external
       clients.

       links can handle local (file://) or remote (http:// or ftp://) URLs.

OPTIONS
       Most options can be set in the user interface or config file, so
       usually you do not need to care about them.


       -help  Print a help screen


       -version
              Prints the links version number and exit.


       -lookup <hostname>
              Does name lookup, like command "host".


       -g     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.


       -no-g  Run in text mode (overrides previous -g).


       -driver <driver name>
              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.


       -mode <parameter>
              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.


       -display <x-display>
              Set Xwindow display.


       -force-html
              Treat files with unknown type as html rather than text.  (can be
              toggled with '\' key)


       -source <url>
              Write unformatted data stream to stdout.


       -dump <url>
              Write formatted document to stdout.


       -width <number>
              For dump, document will be formatted to this screen width (but
              it can still exceed it if lines can't be broken).


       -codepage <codepage>
              For dump, convert output to specified character set -- for
              eaxmple iso-8859-2, windows-1250.


       -anonymous
              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.


       -no-connect
              Runs links as a separate instance - instead of connecting to
              existing instance.


       -download-dir <path>
              Default download directory.  (default: actual dir)


       -language <language>
              Set user interface language.


       -max-connections <max>
              Maximum number of concurrent connections.  (default: 10)


       -max-connections-to-host <max>
              Maximum number of concurrent connection to a given host.
              (default: 2)


       -retries <retry>
              Number of retries.  (default: 3)


       -receive-timeout <sec>
              Timeout on receive.  (default: 120)


       -unrestartable-receive-timeout <sec>
              Timeout on non restartable connections.  (default: 600)


       -bind-address <ip address>
              Use a specific local IP address.


       -bind-address-ipv6 <ipv6 address>
              Use a specific local IPv6 address.


       -async-dns <0>/<1>
              Asynchronous DNS resolver on(1)/off(0).


       -download-utime <0>/<1>
              Set time of downloaded files to last modification time reported
              by server.


       -format-cache-size <num>
              Number of formatted document pages cached.  (default: 5)


       -memory-cache-size <bytes>
              Cache memory in bytes.  (default: 1048576)


       -image-cache-size <bytes>
              Cache memory in bytes.  (default: 1048576)


       -font-cache-size <bytes>
              Cache memory in bytes.  (default: 2097152)


       -aggressive-cache <0>/<1>
              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.


       -address-preference <0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>
              (default 0) 0 - use system default.  1 - prefer IPv4.  2 -
              prefer IPv6.  3 - use only IPv4.  4 - use only IPv6.


       -http-proxy <host:port>
              Host and port number of the HTTP proxy, or blank.  (default:
              blank)


       -ftp-proxy <host:port>
              Host and port number of the FTP proxy, or blank.  (default:
              blank)


       -https-proxy <host:port>
              Host and port number of the HTTPS proxy, or blank.  (default:
              blank)


       -socks-proxy <user@host:port>
              Userid, host and port of Socks4a, or blank.  (default: blank)


       -append-text-to-dns-lookups <text>
              Append text to dns lookups. It is useful for specifying fixed
              tor exit node.  (default: blank)


       -only-proxies <0>/<1>
              "1" causes that Links won't initiate any non-proxy connection.
              It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks.


       -http-bugs.http10 <0>/<1>
              (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.


       -http-bugs.allow-blacklist <0>/<1>
              (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.


       -http-bugs.bug-302-redirect <0>/<1>
              (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.


       -http-bugs.bug-post-no-keepalive <0>/<1>
              (default 0) No keepalive connection after post requests. For
              some buggy servers.


       -http-bugs.bug-no-accept-charset <0>/<1>
              (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.


       -http-bugs.no-compression <0>/<1>
              (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.


       -http-bugs.retry-internal-errors <0>/<1>
              (default 0) Retry on internal server errors (50x).


       -http.do-not-track <0>/<1>
              (default 0) Send do not track request in the HTTP header.


       -http.referer <0>/<1>/<2>/<3>/<4>
              (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.


       -http.fake-referer <string>
              Fake referer value.


       -http.fake-user-agent <string>
              Fake user agent value.


       -http.extra-header <string>
              Extra string added to HTTP header.


       -ftp.anonymous-password <string>
              Password for anonymous ftp access.


       -ftp.use-passive <0>/<1>
              Use ftp PASV command to bypass firewalls.


       -ftp.use-erpt-epsv <0>/<1>
              Use EPRT and EPSV commands instead of PORT and PASV.


       -ftp.fast <0>/<1>
              Send more ftp commands simultaneously. Faster response when
              browsing ftp directories, but it is incompatible with RFC and
              some servers don't like it.


       -ftp.set-iptos <0>/<1>
              Set IP Type-of-service to high throughput on ftp connections.


       -smb.allow-hyperlinks-to-smb <0>/<1>
              Allow hyperlinks to SMB protocol.  Disabling this improves
              security, because internet sites cannot exploit possible bugs in
              the SMB client.


       -menu-font-size <size>
              Size of font in menu.


       -menu-background-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set menu background color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.


       -menu-foreground-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set menu foreground color in graphics mode. RRGGBB are hex.


       -scroll-bar-area-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set color of scroll bar area. RRGGBB are hex.


       -scroll-bar-bar-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set color of scroll bar. RRGGBB are hex.


       -scroll-bar-frame-color 0xRRGGBB
              Set color of scroll bar frame. RRGGBB are hex.


       -bookmarks-file <file>
              File to store bookmarks.


       -bookmarks-codepage <codepage>
              Character set of bookmarks file.


       -save-url-history <0>/<1>
              Save URL history on exit.


       -display-red-gamma <fp-value>
              Red gamma of display. (default 2.2)


       -display-green-gamma <fp-value>
              Green gamma of display. (default 2.2)


       -display-blue-gamma <fp-value>
              Blue gamma of display. (default 2.2)


       -user-gamma <fp-value>
              Additional gamma. (defult 1)


       -bfu-aspect <fp-value>
              Display aspect ration.


       -aspect-on <0>/<1>
              Enable aspect ratio correction.


       -dither-letters <0>/<1>
              Do letter dithering.


       -dither-images <0>/<1>
              Do image dithering.


       -display-optimize <0>/<1>/<2>
              Optimize for CRT (0), LCD RGB (1), LCD BGR (2).


       -gamma-correction <0>/<1>/<2>
              Type of gamma correction: (default 2) 0 - 8-bit (fast).  1 -
              16-bit (slow).  2 - automatically detect according to speed of
              FPU.


       -overwrite-instead-of-scroll <0>/<1>
              Overwrite the screen instead of scrolling it (valid for svgalib
              and framebuffer).  Overwriting may or may not be faster,
              depending on hardware.


       -html-assume-codepage <codepage>
              Use the given codepage when the webpage did not specify its
              codepage. (default: ISO 8859-1)


       -html-hard-assume <0>/<1>
              Use always character set from "-html-assume-codepage" no matter
              what server sent.


       -html-tables <0>/<1>
              Render tables. (0) causes tables being rendered like in lynx.


       -html-frames <0>/<1>
              Render frames. (0) causes frames  rendered like in lynx.


       -html-images <0>/<1>
              Display links to unnamed images as [IMG]


       -html-image-names <0>/<1>
              Display filename of an image instead of [IMG].


       -html-display-images <0>/<1>
              Display images in graphics mode.


       -html-image-scale <percent>
              Scale images in graphics mode.


       -html-bare-image-autoscale <0>/<1>
              Autoscale images displayed in full screen.


       -html-numbered-links <0>/<1>
              Number links in text mode. Allow quick link selection by typing
              link number and enter.


       -html-table-order <0>/<1>
              In text mode, walk through table by rows (0) or columns (1).


       -html-auto-refresh <0>/<1>
              Process refresh to other page (1), or display link to that page
              (0).


       -html-target-in-new-window <0>/<1>
              Allow opening new windows from html.


       -html-margin <number of spaces>
              Margin in text mode.


       -html-user-font-size <size>
              Size of font on pages in graphics mode.


       -html-t-text-color <0>-<15>
              Text color in text mode.


       -html-t-link-color <0>-<15>
              Link color in text mode.


       -html-t-background-color <0>-<7>
              Background color in text mode.


       -html-t-ignore-document-color <0>/<1>
              Ignore colors specified in html document in text mode.


       -html-g-text-color 0xRRGGBB
              Text color in graphics mode.


       -html-g-link-color 0xRRGGBB
              Link color in graphics mode.


       -html-g-background-color 0xRRGGBB
              Background color in graphics mode.


       -html-g-ignore-document-color <0>/<1>
              Ignore colors specified in html document in graphics mode.


       More options can be seen with links -h


NAVIGATION KEYS
       The keys you may use while navigating are

       ESC    menu/escape

       F9     menu

       F10    file menu

       TAB    next frame

       PGDN   page down

       Space  page down

       PGUP   page up

       b      page up

       CursorDOWN
              next link/down

       CursorUP
              prev link/up

       INS    scroll up

       ^P     scroll up

       DEL    scroll down

       ^N     scroll down

       [      scroll left

       ]      scroll right

       HOME   home

       END    end of page

       CursorRIGHT
              enter link/press button

       ENTER  enter link/press button

       CursorLEFT
              go back

       d      download link

       /      search in the page

       ?      search back in the page

       n      find next match

       N      find next match backwards

       f      zoom actual frame

       ^R     reload page

       g      go to URL

       G      edit the current URL and goto the result

       ^G     edit the current link and goto the result

       s      bookmark manager

       q      quit, close window if more windows are open

       Q      quit without asking

       =      document information

       \      toggle HTML source/rendered view


EDITING KEYS
       The following keys can be used while editing a line/jumping to a URL:

       CursorRIGHT
              move right

       CursorLEFT
              move left

       HOME   jump at the beginning

       ^A     jump at the beginning

       END    jump at the end

       ^E     jump at the end

       ^X     cut to clipboard

       ^B     copy to clipboard

       ^V     paste from clipboard

       ENTER  enter line

       BACKSPACE
              delete back character

       ^H     delete back character

       DEL    delete character

       ^D     delete character

       ^U     delete from beginning of the line

       ^K     delete to the end of the line or delete line (in textarea)

       ^W     auto complete line






FILES
       ~/.links/links.cfg
              Per-user configfile, automatically created by links.

PLATFORMS
       links is known to work on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, HPUX, Digital
       Unix, AIX, OS/2, BeOS and Win32.

BUGS
       You can't upload large files; it takes _lots_ of memory.

       Please report any other bugs you find to Mikulas Patocka
       <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>


LICENSE
       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.


AUTHOR
       links was written by Mikulas Patocka, Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy, Petr
       'Brain' Kulhavy, and Martin 'PerM' Pergel.  See file AUTHORS for a list
       of people contributing to this project.

       The homepage of links can be found at
       http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links

       This manual page was written by Peter Gervai <grin@tolna.net>, using
       excerpts from a (yet?) unknown links fan for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others). Updated by Karel Kulhavy.


SEE ALSO
       lynx(1), w3m(1)



                                   Aug, 2006                          LINKS(1)
