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03-26-2004, 03:38 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: London
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1
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Opening a website in text mode
I am learning to use linux and have learnt quiet a lot now. But it does not tell me in my text book so far as I have read, how to open a webpage in text mode. Could someone tell me the complete command please. My distro is Mandrake 9.1.
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03-26-2004, 03:50 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
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not sure if this is what your after, but from a terminal try
links
or
lynx
these are text based web browsers. hope that's what you were looking for.
good luck.
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03-26-2004, 03:50 PM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: over there
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lynx
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03-26-2004, 04:55 PM
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Location: London
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Thanks for info. Will try that. Could you tell me how to get into lynx from text mode.
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03-26-2004, 04:59 PM
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if you mean you boot up to the command line w/no gui, then just type
lynx
good luck.
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03-26-2004, 07:20 PM
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manage that. thanks peacedog. just trying to install the lynx commands into my brain.
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