1 LYNX
 NAME
 lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the World 
 Wide Web

2 SYNOPSIS
     Lynx [options] [path or URL]

     use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options.

2 DESCRIPTION
 Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running
 cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals,
 vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other "curses-oriented"
 display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) documents con-
 taining links to files residing on the local system, as well as files
 residing on remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP
 servers.  Current versions of Lynx run on UNIX and VMS.

 Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide Web, or to build
 information systems intended primarily for local access.  For example, Lynx
 has been used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS).  In
 addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.

2 OPTIONS
 At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL specified at 
 the command line.  For help with URLs, press "?" or "h" while running
 Lynx.  Then follow the link titled, "Help on URL's."

  -anonymous
       used to specify the anonymous account.

  -case
       enable case-sensitive string searching.

  -cache=NUMBER
       set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory.  The default is 10.

  -cfg=FILENAME
       specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg.

  -display=DISPLAY
       set the display variable for X rexeced programs.

  -dump
       dumps the formatted output of the default document or one specified
       on the command line to standard out. Under UNIX this can be used in
       the following way: lynx -dump http://www.w3.org/default.html.

  -editor=EDITOR
       enable edit mode using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)

  -emacskeys
       enable emacs-like key movement.

  -fileversions
       include all versions of files in local VMS directory listings.

  -force_html
       forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML.

  -ftp 
       disable ftp access.

  -help
       print this Lynx command syntax usage message.

  -homepage=URL
       set homepage separate from start page.

  -index=URL
       set the default index file to the specified URL.

  -localhost
       disable URLs that point to remote hosts.

  -nobrowse
       disable directory browsing.

  -noprint
       disable print functions.

  -nostatus
       disable the retrieval status messages.

  -print
       enable print functions. (default)

  -restrictions=[option][,,option]...
       allows a list of services to be disabled selectively.  The following
       list is printed if no options are specified.

       all - restricts all options.

       bookmark - disallow changing the location of the bookmark file.

       default - same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default
           services for anonymous users. Currently set to all restricted
           except for:  inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_news,
           inside_ftp, outside_ftp, inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, jump,
           mail and goto.  Defaults are setable within userdefs.h.

       disk_save - disallow saving binary files to disk in the download
           menu.

       download - disallow downloaders in the download menu.

       editor - disallow editing.

       exec - disable execution scripts.

       exec_frozen - disallow the user from changing the local execution
           option.

       file_url - disallow using G)oto to go to file: URL's.

       goto - disable the 'g' (goto) command.

       inside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from inside your domain
           (utmp required for selectivity).

       inside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from
           inside our domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       inside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from inside your
           domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       inside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from inside your
           domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       jump - disable the 'j' (jump) command.

       mail - disable mailing feature.

       news_post - disable USENET News posting.

       options_save - disallow saving options in .lynxrc.

       outside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from outside your
           domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       outside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from
           outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       outside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from outside your
           domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from outside your
           domain (utmp required for selectivity).

       print - disallow most print options.

       shell - disallow shell escapes and lynxexec G)oto's.

       suspend - disallow Unix Control-Z suspends with escape to shell.

  -rlogin
       disable recognition of rlogin commands.

  -selective
       require .www_browsable files to browse directories.

  -show_cursor
       If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand corner but
       will instead be positioned at the start of the currently selected
       link.  show cursor is the default for systems without FANCY_CURSES
       capabilities, and the default configuration can be changed in
       userdefs.h.

  -source
       works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted
       text.

  -telnet
       disable recognition of telnet commands.

  -term=TERM
       tell Lynx what terminal type to assume its talking to.  (This may be
       useful for remote execution, when, for example, Lynx connects to a
       remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in turn, starts another
       Lynx process.)

  -trace
       turns on WWW trace mode.

  -version
       print version information

  -vikeys
       enable vi-like key movement.

2 COMMANDS
 o Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext links.
 o Right arrow or Return will follow a highlighted hypertext link.
 o Left Arrow will retreat from a link.
 o Type "h" or "?" for online help and descriptions of key-stroke commands.
 o Type "k" for a complete list of the current key-stroke command mappings.

2 NOTES
 This is the Lynx 2.4-FM Release for UN*X/VMS

 If you wish to contribute to the further development of Lynx, subscribe
 to our mailing list.  Send email to <listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu> with
 "subscribe lynx-dev <your-name>" as the only line in the body of your
 message.

 Send bug reports, comments, suggestions to <lynx-dev@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>.
 Send general help requests to <lynx-help@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>.

2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way.
 The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel of Computing
 Services at the University of Saskatchewan, who implemented HYPERREZ
 in the UN*X environment.  HYPERREZ was developed by Niel Larson of 
 Think.com and served as the model for the early versions of Lynx.
 Those versions also incorporated libraries from the UN*X Gopher clients
 developed at the University of Minnesota, and the later versions of 
 Lynx rely on the WWW client library code developed by Tim Berners-Lee
 and the WWW community.  Also a special thanks to Foteos Macrides who
 ported much of Lynx to VMS and to everyone on the net who has contributed
 to Lynx's development either directly (through comments or bug reports)
 or indirectly (through inspiration and development of other systems).

2 AUTHORS
 Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac, Lou Montulli
 Academic Computing Services
 University of Kansas
 Lawrence, Kansas 66047
 


