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[Download Lynx]
[Resources]
[Installing Lynx]
[Using Lynx]
[Lynx Keymap]
[Using Helper Apps]
[Printing With Lynx]
[Lynx Documentation]
This few pages are a result of not being able to find resources on the Web for the Windows port of the Lynx browser. It took me a few days before it hit me that I have to write a batch file for Lynx to work properly. Hence I decided to put in my two-cents worth. Most of the pages here will apply to general Lynx users but there are some Windows-specific information and terms.
Although I have tried to include as much as I can and explain things, I am sure that there will be some questions as well as mistakes. All questions regarding the workings of Lynx should go to the Lynx-Dev Group as they are the ones that support this software. If you should wish to comment or complain about these pages, you are most welcome to e-mail me at bonkers@postmaster.co.uk.
What Is Lynx?
Lynx is a World Wide Web browser, just like Internet Explorer and Netscape. What makes it different is that it is a text-only browser - it does not display the graphics on web pages.
Lynx first started life as a UNIX application, written by the University of Kansas as part of their campus-wide information system. In time, it became a gopher client, then a WWW browser. Lynx was released to the public under the terms of the GNU General Public License of the Free Software Foundation, Inc. It is being constantly improved by a group of developers (the Lynx-Dev Group).
![[Lynx Screenshot-924 Bytes]](smallshot.gif)
Lynx is a console program. That means it is a text-mode program that runs in
a DOS box. However, it accesses the Windows Socket and other kernel
functions directly and not through a "virtual PC" like DOS
programs. It is a native 32-bit Windows program that must run under Windows.
(Large Screenshot - 12.3KB)
I have successfully ran Lynx on a variety of Windows systems. So far I had not encountered any problems with Win9x or WinME systems. Lynx cannot run on some NT systems that I tried it on; I am not technical enough to figure out why. There has been no problems with 2000/XP systems except that I could never get the DOS window to fully maximise even in 640 x 480 and sometimes the Lynx screen does not refresh properly.
Lynx is fast. Because it doesn't need to deal with images and other large bandwidth-hoarding files, Lynx can display the text much faster then GUI browsers. If you just want to get to the text of something, Lynx is just fine. And you don't get pop-up ads :)
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-- Kenneth Kwok, 29 Jun 2003
