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                                Lynxlet, Lynx for Mac OS X

   Lynxlet is an application for launching the text web browser [9]Lynx in a
   Terminal window. Lynxlet is a [10]Termlet - a class of applications designed to
   make Terminal based programs easy to use.

   Lynx is developed and maintained by the [11]Lynx-Dev Group. Lynxlet is developed
   by [12]Chuck Houpt of [13]Homo Habilis Associates. Please send bug reports and
   comments to [14]chuck@habilis.net

   [15]Lynxlet Screenshot

Downloads

   [16]Lynxlet_0.8.1.dmg 2.2 MiB (lynx 2.8.6r5 Stable)
   Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9+, PPC or Intel

   New in 0.8.1 ([17]full version history, below):
     * Updated embedded lynx to latest stable Lynx 2.8.6r5
     * Fixed start/help page URLs.

Useful Lynxlet Features

   Because Lynxlet is a standard browser application, it can be launched in the same
   ways as other browsers (like Safari, FireFox, IE, etc). In addition to being a
   web browser, Lynx supports browsing for many other network protocols (FTP,
   Gopher, Finger, etc) and Local directory browsing. The Lynxlet application
   supports these protocols wherever possible.

  Lynxlet Web Browser Launching

     * Double-clicking on the Lynxlet icon (or single-click in the Dock).
     * Click the [18]Lynxlet Bookmarklet/Favelet from any web browser.
     * Drag and drop HTML or text file in the Finder.
     * Drag and drop URL when installed in the Dock (10.4+ only).
     * Preview from an HTML editor (BBedit, Dreamweaver, Golive, etc).
     * And for the true Lynx fanatic, Lynxlet can be set as the default web browser
       (via Safari preferences).

  Other Ways to Launch Lynxlet

     * Drag and drop a folder in the Finder to browse the directory.
     * Drag and drop a FTP/Gopher/Finger URL when installed in the Dock (10.4+
       only).
     * Click on a Finger URL in a web browser (other URL protocols will work as
       well, depending on the system defaults).

  FTP/Gopher/Finger/File Examples

     * [19]FTP: iBiblio Library
     * [20]Gopher: QUUX Gopher Server
     * [21]Finger: Lynxlet Author
     * [22]File/Directory: Browse your home directory

  Command Line Lynxlet and Lynx

   Lynxlet and its embedded lynx can also be launched from the command line in
   several ways.

    Lynxlet via the Open Command

   Lynxlet can be launched using the [23]open command as follows. (Note: Up through
   10.3, 'open' has a bug which causes it to always use the default browser for
   URLs, but files and directories work fine.)
% open -a Lynxlet http://www.w3.org/

    Directly Running the Embedded Lynx

   The embedded lynx can also be directly run without the Lynxlet launcher. This is
   particularly useful when using lynx in shell scripts or directly in local or
   remote interactive shells. Lynx is located in the Lynxlet application package in
   Lynxlet.app/Contents/Resources/lynx/bin/lynx. There are various ways to run lynx
   in a shell. The following examples assume the Lynxlet application has been placed
   in the Application folder.

      Absolute Path

% /Applications/Lynxlet.app/Contents/Resources/lynx/bin/lynx

      Shell Alias

% alias lynx='/Applications/Lynxlet.app/Contents/Resources/lynx/bin/lynx'
% lynx

      Include lynx on the PATH

% PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Lynxlet.app/Contents/Resources/lynx/bin
% lynx

      Create a Symbolic link to lynx in a directory on the PATH

% sudo ln -s /Applications/Lynxlet.app/Contents/Resources/lynx/bin/lynx /usr/bin/lynx
% lynx

Version History

     * 0.8.1
          + Updated embedded lynx to latest stable lynx 2.8.6r5 ([24]Release Notes)
          + Fixed start/help page URLs (Thanks to [25]Nicholas Shanks for spotting
            problem).
     * 0.8.0
          + Built as Universal Binary for Intel and PPC.
          + Upgraded to [26]AppDNA script for bundling source code.
     * 0.7.1
          + Fixed language detection bug, which cause wrong lynx UI on some systems
     * 0.7.0
          + Updated embedded lynx to latest stable lynx 2.8.6r4.
          + Added a Favelet that launches Lynxlet from any browser's bookmark.
          + Switched to using default colors, so background color/picture can be
            changed.
          + Added config to view common file types (jpg, pdf, mov, etc) outside
            lynx.
          + Made the embedded lynx fully usable from shells and shell scripts.
          + Added bridge from OS X language prefs to default preferred language
            settings.
     * 0.6.0
          + Added SSL support, including Root certificates.
          + Activated Lynx multilingual support.
          + Bundled source code within application.
     * 0.5.0 - Initial Release.

   Designed by Habilis in Newtonville.
   Compiled in 24.34.0.0/16.

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   8. http://habilis.net/%E9%81%93%E5%85%B7/
   9. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
  10. http://habilis.net/termlet/
  11. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html
  12. http://habilis.net/chuck/
  13. http://habilis.net/
  14. mailto:chuck@habilis.net
  15. http://habilis.net/lynxlet/lynxlet.png
  16. http://habilis.net/lynxlet/Lynxlet_0.8.1.dmg
  17. http://habilis.net/lynxlet/#VersionHistory
  18. http://habilis.net/lynxlet/favelet.html
  19. ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub
  20. gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/
  21. finger://habilis.net/chuck
  22. file:///~
  23. https://ss64.com/mac/open.html
  24. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.6/breakout/CHANGES
  25. https://github.com/nickshanks
  26. http://habilis.net/appdna/