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NAME
lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the
World Wide Web
SYNOPSIS
lynx [options] [path or URL]
use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options.
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 Windows 95/NT or Macintoshes, or any other
"curses-oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML)
documents containing 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, VMS, Windows 95/NT, 386DOS
and OS/2 EMX.
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.
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 URLs."
Lynx uses only long option names. Option names can begin with double dash as
well, underscores and dashes can be intermixed in option names (in the
reference below options are with one dash before them and with underscores).
-
If the argument is only '-', then Lynx expects to receive the arguments
from stdin.
This is to allow for the potentially very long command line that can be
associated with the -get_data or -post_data arguments (see below).
It can also be used to avoid having sensitive information in the invoking
command line (which would be visible to other processes on most systems),
especially when the -auth or -pauth options are used.
-accept_all_cookies
accept all cookies.
-anonymous
apply restrictions for anonymous account, see also -restrictions.
-assume_charset=MIMEname
charset for documents that don't specify it.
-assume_local_charset=MIMEname
charset assumed for local files.
-assume_unrec_charset=MIMEname
use this instead of unrecognized charsets.
-auth=ID:PASSWD
set authorization ID and password for protected documents at startup.
Be sure to protect any script files which use this switch.
-base
prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to text/html outputs for
-source dumps.
-bibp=URL
specify a local bibp server (default http://bibhost/).
-blink
forces high intensity background colors for color mode, if available and
supported by the terminal. This applies to the slang library (for a few
terminal emulators), or to OS/2 EMX with ncurses.
-book
use the bookmark page as the startfile. The default or command line
startfile is still set for the Main screen command, and will be used
if the bookmark page is unavailable or blank.
-buried_news
toggles scanning of news articles for buried references, and converts them
to news links. Not recommended because email addresses enclosed in angle
brackets will be converted to false news links, and uuencoded messages can
be trashed.
-cache=NUMBER
set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The default is 10.
-case
enable case-sensitive string searching.
-center
Toggle center alignment in HTML TABLE.
-cfg=FILENAME
specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg.
-child
exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk.
-cmd_log=FILENAME
write keystroke commands and related information to the specified file.
-cmd_script=FILENAME
read keystroke commands from the specified file. You can use the data
written using the -cmd_log option. Lynx will ignore other information
which the command-logging may have written to the logfile.
Each line of the command script contains either a comment beginning
with "#", or a keyword:
exit
causes the script to stop, and forces lynx to exit immediately.
key
the character value, in printable form. Cursor and other special
keys are given as names, e.g., "Down Arrow". Printable 7-bit
ASCII codes are given as-is, and hexadecimal values represent
other 8-bit codes.
set
followed by a "name=value" allows one to override values set in
the lynx.cfg file.
-color
forces color mode on, if available. Default color control sequences which
work for many terminal types are assumed if the terminal capability
description does not specify how to handle color. Lynx needs to be
compiled with the slang library for this flag, it is equivalent to setting
the COLORTERM environment variable. (If color support is instead provided
by a color-capable curses library like ncurses, Lynx relies completely on
the terminal description to determine whether color mode is possible, and
this flag is not needed and thus unavailable.) A saved show_color=always
setting found in a .lynxrc file at startup has the same effect. A saved
show_color=never found in .lynxrc on startup is overridden by this flag.
-connect_timeout=N
Sets the connection timeout, where N is given in seconds.
-cookie_file=FILENAME
specifies a file to use to read cookies. If none is specified, the default
value is ~/.lynx_cookies for most systems, but ~/cookies for MS-DOS.
-cookie_save_file=FILENAME
specifies a file to use to store cookies. If none is specified, the value
given by -cookie_file is used.
-cookies
toggles handling of Set-Cookie headers.
-core
toggles forced core dumps on fatal errors. Turn this option off to ask
lynx to force a core dump if a fatal error occurs.
-crawl
with -traversal, output each page to a file. with -dump, format output
as with -traversal, but to stdout.
-curses_pads
toggles the use of curses "pad" feature which supports left/right
scrolling of the display.
-debug_partial
separate incremental display stages with MessageSecs delay
-delay
add DebugSecs delay after each progress-message
-display=DISPLAY
set the display variable for X rexec-ed programs.
-display_charset=MIMEname
set the charset for the terminal output.
-dont_wrap_pre
inhibit wrapping of text in pre when -dump'ing and -crawl'ing, mark
wrapped lines in interactive session.
-dump
dumps the formatted output of the default document or one specified on
the command line to standard output. This can be used in the following way
lynx -dump http://www.subir.com/lynx.html
-editor=EDITOR
enable external editing, using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)
-emacskeys
enable emacs-like key movement.
-enable_scrollback
toggles compatibility with communication programs' scrollback keys (may be
incompatible with some curses packages).
-error_file=FILE
define a file where Lynx will report HTTP access codes.
-exec
enable local program execution (normally not configured).
-fileversions
include all versions of files in local VMS directory listings.
-find_leaks
toggle memory leak-checking. Normally this is not compiled-into your
executable, but when it is, it can be disabled for a session.
-force_empty_hrefless_a
force HREF-less 'A' elements to be empty (close them as soon as they are
seen).
-force_html
forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML.
-force_secure
toggles forcing of the secure flag for SSL cookies.
-forms_options
toggles whether the Options Menu is key-based or form-based.
-from
toggles transmissions of From headers.
-ftp
disable ftp access.
-get_data
properly formatted data for a get form are read in from stdin and passed
to the form. Input is terminated by a line that starts with '---'.
-head
send a HEAD request for the mime headers.
-help
print the Lynx command syntax usage message.
-hiddenlinks=[option]
control the display of hidden links.
merge hidden links show up as bracketed numbers and are numbered together
with other links in the sequence of their occurrence in the document.
listonly hidden links are shown only on L)ist screens and listings
generated by -dump or from the P)rint menu, but appear separately at the
end of those lists. This is the default behavior.
ignore hidden links do not appear even in listings.
-historical
toggles use of '>' or '-->' as a terminator for comments.
-homepage=URL
set homepage separate from start page.
-image_links
toggles inclusion of links for all images.
-index=URL
set the default index file to the specified URL.
-ismap
toggles inclusion of ISMAP links when client-side MAPs are present.
-justify
do justification of text.
-link=NUMBER
starting count for lnk#.dat files produced by -crawl.
-localhost
disable URLs that point to remote hosts.
-locexec
enable local program execution from local files only (if Lynx was compiled
with local execution enabled).
-lss=FILENAME
specify filename containing color-style information. The default is
lynx.lss.
-mime_header
prints the MIME header of a fetched document along with its source.
-minimal
toggles minimal versus valid comment parsing.
-nested_tables
toggles nested-tables logic (for debugging).
-newschunksize=NUMBER
number of articles in chunked news listings.
-newsmaxchunk=NUMBER
maximum news articles in listings before chunking.
-nobold
disable bold video-attribute.
-nobrowse
disable directory browsing.
-nocc
disable Cc: prompts for self copies of mailings. Note that this does not
disable any CCs which are incorporated within a mailto URL or form ACTION.
-nocolor
force color mode off, overriding terminal capabilities and any -color
flags, COLORTERM variable, and saved .lynxrc settings.
-noexec
disable local program execution. (DEFAULT)
-nofilereferer
disable transmissions of Referer headers for file URLs.
-nolist
disable the link list feature in dumps.
-nolog
disable mailing of error messages to document owners.
-nonrestarting_sigwinch
This flag is not available on all systems, Lynx needs to be compiled with
HAVE_SIGACTION defined. If available, this flag may cause Lynx to react
more immediately to window changes when run within an xterm.
-nopause
disable forced pauses for statusline messages.
-noprint
disable most print functions.
-noredir
prevents automatic redirection and prints a message with a link to the
new URL.
-noreferer
disable transmissions of Referer headers.
-noreverse
disable reverse video-attribute.
-nosocks
disable SOCKS proxy usage by a SOCKSified Lynx.
-nostatus
disable the retrieval status messages.
-nounderline
disable underline video-attribute.
-number_fields
force numbering of links as well as form input fields
-number_links
force numbering of links.
-partial
toggles display partial pages while loading.
-partial_thres=NUMBER
number of lines to render before repainting display with partial-display
logic
-pauth=ID:PASSWD
set authorization ID and password for a protected proxy server at startup.
Be sure to protect any script files which use this switch.
-popup
toggles handling of single-choice SELECT options via popup windows or as
lists of radio buttons.
-post_data
properly formatted data for a post form are read in from stdin and passed
to the form. Input is terminated by a line that starts with '---'.
-preparsed
show HTML source preparsed and reformatted when used with -source or in
source view.
-prettysrc
show HTML source view with lexical elements and tags in color.
-print
enable print functions. (default)
-pseudo_inlines
toggles pseudo-ALTs for inlines with no ALT string.
-raw
toggles default setting of 8-bit character translations or CJK mode for
the startup character set.
-realm
restricts access to URLs in the starting realm.
-reload
flushes the cache on a proxy server (only the first document affected).
-restrictions=[option][,option][,option]...
allows a list of services to be disabled selectively. Dashes and
underscores in option names can be intermixed. The following list is
printed if no options are specified.
all - restricts all options listed below.
bookmark - disallow changing the location of the bookmark file.
bookmark_exec - disallow execution links via the bookmark file.
change_exec_perms - disallow changing the eXecute permission on files
(but still allow it for directories) when local file management is enabled.
default - same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default
services for anonymous users. Set to all restricted, except for:
inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_ftp, outside_ftp, inside_rlogin,
outside_rlogin, inside_news, outside_news, telnet_port, jump, mail, print,
exec, and goto. The settings for these, as well as additional goto
restrictions for specific URL schemes that are also applied, are derived
from definitions within userdefs.h.
dired_support - disallow local file management.
disk_save - disallow saving to disk in the download and print menus.
dotfiles - disallow access to, or creation of, hidden (dot) files.
download - disallow some downloaders in the download menu (does not
imply disk_save restriction).
editor - disallow external editing.
exec - disable execution scripts.
exec_frozen - disallow the user from changing the local execution option.
externals - disallow some "EXTERNAL" configuration lines if support for
passing URLs to external applications (with the EXTERN command) is
compiled in.
file_url - disallow using G)oto, served links or bookmarks for file: URLs.
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
your 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.
multibook - disallow multiple bookmarks.
mail - disallow mail.
news_post - disallow 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 reading and posting for people coming
from outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). This restriction
applies to "news", "nntp", "newspost", and "newsreply" URLs, but not to
"snews", "snewspost", or "snewsreply" in case they are supported.
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 or lynxprog G)oto's.
suspend - disallow Unix Control-Z suspends with escape to shell.
telnet_port - disallow specifying a port in telnet G)oto's.
useragent - disallow modifications of the User-Agent header.
-resubmit_posts
toggles forced resubmissions (no-cache) of forms with method POST when
the documents they returned are sought with the PREV_DOC command or from
the History List.
-rlogin
disable recognition of rlogin commands.
-scrollbar
toggles showing scrollbar.
-scrollbar_arrow
toggles showing arrows at ends of the scrollbar.
-selective
require .www_browsable files to browse directories.
-short_url
show very long URLs in the status line with "..." to represent the portion
which cannot be displayed. The beginning and end of the URL are displayed,
rather than suppressing the end.
-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. The
default configuration can be changed in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg. The command
line switch toggles the default.
-show_rate
If enabled the transfer rate is shown in bytes/second. If disabled, no
transfer rate is shown. Use lynx.cfg or the options menu to select
KB/second and/or ETA.
-soft_dquotes
toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic bug which treated '>'
as a co-terminator for double-quotes and tags.
-source
works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted text.
-stack_dump
disable SIGINT cleanup handler
-startfile_ok
allow non-http startfile and homepage with -validate.
-stdin
read the startfile from standard input (UNIX only).
-syslog=text
information for syslog call.
-tagsoup
initialize parser, using Tag Soup DTD rather than SortaSGML.
-telnet
disable recognition of telnet commands.
-term=TERM
tell Lynx what terminal type to assume it is 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.)
-timeout=N
For win32, sets the network read-timeout, where N is given in seconds.
-tlog
toggles between using a Lynx Trace Log and stderr for trace output from
the session.
-tna
turns on "Textfields Need Activation" mode.
-trace
turns on Lynx trace mode. Destination of trace output depends on -tlog.
-trace_mask=value
turn on optional traces, which may result in very large trace files.
Logically OR the values to combine options:
1=SGML character parsing states
2=color-style
4=TRST (table layout)
8=config (lynx.cfg and .lynxrc contents)
16=binary string copy/append, used in form data construction.
-traversal
traverse all http links derived from startfile. When used with -crawl,
each link that begins with the same string as startfile is output to a
file, intended for indexing. See CRAWL.announce for more information.
-trim_input_fields
trim input text/textarea fields in forms.
-underscore
toggles use of _underline_ format in dumps.
-use_mouse
turn on mouse support, if available. Clicking the left mouse button on
a link traverses it. Clicking the right mouse button pops back. Click
on the top line to scroll up. Click on the bottom line to scroll down.
The first few positions in the top and bottom line may invoke additional
functions. Lynx must be compiled with ncurses or slang to support this
feature. If ncurses is used, clicking the middle mouse button pops up a
simple menu. Mouse clicks may only work reliably while Lynx is idle
waiting for input.
-useragent=Name
set alternate Lynx User-Agent header.
-validate
accept only http URLs (for validation). Complete security restrictions
also are implemented.
-verbose
toggle [LINK], [IMAGE] and [INLINE] comments with filenames of these
images.
-version
print version information.
-vikeys
enable vi-like key movement.
-wdebug
enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt debugfile). This
applies only to DOS versions compiled with WATTCP or WATT-32.
-width=NUMBER
number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80.
-with_backspaces
emit backspaces in output if -dump'ing or -crawl'ing (like 'man' does)
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.
ENVIRONMENT
In addition to various "standard" environment variables such as HOME, PATH,
USER, DISPLAY, TMPDIR, etc, Lynx utilizes several Lynx-specific environment
variables, if they exist.
Others may be created or modified by Lynx to pass data to an external program,
or for other reasons. These are listed separately below.
See also the sections on SIMULATED CGI SUPPORT and NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT,
below.
Note: Not all environment variables apply to all types of platforms supported
by Lynx, though most do. Feedback on platform dependencies is solicited.
Environment Variables Used By Lynx:
COLORTERM
If set, color capability for the terminal is forced on at startup time.
The actual value assigned to the variable is ignored. This variable is
only meaningful if Lynx was built using the slang screen-handling library.
LYNX_CFG
This variable, if set, will override the default location and name of the
global configuration file (normally, lynx.cfg) that was defined by the
LYNX_CFG_FILE constant in the userdefs.h file, during installation.
See the userdefs.h file for more information.
LYNX_LOCALEDIR
If set, this variable overrides the compiled-in location of the locale
directory which contains native language (NLS) message text.
LYNX_LSS
This variable, if set, specifies the location of the default Lynx
character style sheet file. [Currently only meaningful if Lynx was built
using experimental color style support.]
LYNX_SAVE_SPACE
This variable, if set, will override the default path prefix for files
saved to disk that is defined in the lynx.cfg SAVE_SPACE: statement.
See the lynx.cfg file for more information.
LYNX_TEMP_SPACE
This variable, if set, will override the default path prefix for temporary
files that was defined during installation, as well as any value that may
be assigned to the TMPDIR variable.
MAIL
This variable specifies the default inbox Lynx will check for new mail,
if such checking is enabled in the lynx.cfg file.
NEWS_ORGANIZATION
This variable, if set, provides the string used in the Organization:
header of USENET news postings. It will override the setting of the
ORGANIZATION environment variable, if it is also set (and, on UNIX, the
contents of an /etc/organization file, if present).
NNTPSERVER
If set, this variable specifies the default NNTP server that will be used
for USENET news reading and posting with Lynx, via news: URL's.
ORGANIZATION
This variable, if set, provides the string used in the Organization:
header of USENET news postings. On UNIX, it will override the contents of
an /etc/organization file, if present.
PROTOCOL_proxy
Lynx supports the use of proxy servers that can act as firewall gateways
and caching servers. They are preferable to the older gateway servers
(see WWW_access_GATEWAY, below). Each protocol used by Lynx, (http, ftp,
gopher, etc), can be mapped separately by setting environment variables of
the form PROTOCOL_proxy (literally: http_proxy, ftp_proxy, gopher_proxy,
etc), to "http://some.server.dom:port/". See Lynx Users Guide for
additional details and examples.
WWW_access_GATEWAY
Lynx still supports use of gateway servers, with the servers specified
via "WWW_access_GATEWAY" variables (where "access" is lower case and
can be "http", "ftp", "gopher" or "wais"), however most gateway servers
have been discontinued. Note that you do not include a terminal '/' for
gateways, but do for proxies specified by PROTOCOL_proxy environment
variables. See Lynx Users Guide for details.
WWW_HOME
This variable, if set, will override the default startup URL specified in
any of the Lynx configuration files.
Environment Variables Set or Modified By Lynx:
LYNX_PRINT_DATE
This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, to the Date: string
seen in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is
created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER:
definition statement. If the field does not exist for the document, the
variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No Date" under VMS.
LYNX_PRINT_LASTMOD
This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, to the Last Mod:
string seen in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any.
It is created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg
PRINTER: definition statement. If the field does not exist for the documen
the variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No LastMod" under VMS
LYNX_PRINT_TITLE
This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, to the Linkname: string
seen in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is
created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER:
definition statement. If the field does not exist for the document, the
variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No Title" under VMS.
LYNX_PRINT_URL
This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, to the URL: string seen
in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is created
for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER:
definition statement. If the field does not exist for the document, the
variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No URL" under VMS.
LYNX_TRACE
If set, causes Lynx to write a trace file as if the -trace option were
supplied.
LYNX_TRACE_FILE
If set, overrides the compiled-in name of the trace file, which is either
Lynx.trace or LY-TRACE.LOG (the latter on the DOS platform). The trace
file is in either case relative to the home directory.
LYNX_VERSION
This variable is always set by Lynx, and may be used by an external
program to determine if it was invoked by Lynx. See also the comments in
the distribution's sample mailcap file, for notes on usage in such a file.
TERM
Normally, this variable is used by Lynx to determine the terminal type
being used to invoke Lynx. If, however, it is unset at startup time (or
has the value "unknown"), or if the -term command-line option is used
see OPTIONS section above), Lynx will set or modify its value to the user
specified terminal type (for the Lynx execution environment). Note: If
set/modified by Lynx, the values of the LINES and/or COLUMNS environment
variables may also be changed.
SIMULATED CGI SUPPORT
If built with the cgi-links option enabled, Lynx allows access to a cgi script
directly without the need for an http daemon.
When executing such "lynxcgi scripts" (if enabled), the following variables
may be set for simulating a CGI environment:
CONTENT_LENGTH
CONTENT_TYPE
DOCUMENT_ROOT
HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
HTTP_USER_AGENT
PATH_INFO
PATH_TRANSLATED
QUERY_STRING
REMOTE_ADDR
REMOTE_HOST
REQUEST_METHOD
SERVER_SOFTWARE
Other environment variables are not inherited by the script, unless they are
provided via a LYNXCGI_ENVIRONMENT statement in the configuration file. See
the lynx.cfg file, and the (draft) CGI 1.1 Specification
for the definition
and usage of these variables.
The CGI Specification, and other associated documentation, should be consulted
for general information on CGI script programming.
NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT
If configured and installed with Native Language Support, Lynx will display
status and other messages in your local language. See the file ABOUT_NLS in
the source distribution, or at your local GNU site, for more information
about internationalization.
The following environment variables may be used to alter default settings:
LANG
This variable, if set, will override the default message language. It is
an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language. Language codes are
NOT the same as the country codes given in ISO 3166.
LANGUAGE
This variable, if set, will override the default message language. This is
a GNU extension that has higher priority for setting the message catalog
than LANG or LC_ALL.
LC_ALL
and
LC_MESSAGES
These variables, if set, specify the notion of native language formatting
style. They are POSIXly correct.
LINGUAS
This variable, if set prior to configuration, limits the installed
languages to specific values. It is a space-separated list of two-letter
codes. Currently, it is hard-coded to a wish list.
NLSPATH
This variable, if set, is used as the path prefix for message catalogs.
NOTES
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SEE ALSO
catgets(3), curses(3), environ(7), execve(2), ftp(1), gettext(GNU),
localeconv(3), ncurses(3), setlocale(3), slang(?), termcap(5), terminfo(5),
wget(GNU)
Note that man page availability and section numbering is somewhat platform
dependent, and may vary from the above references.
A section shown as (GNU), is intended to denote that the topic may be
available via an info page, instead of a man page (i.e., try "info subject",
rather than "man subject").
A section shown as (?) denotes that documentation on the topic exists, but is
not part of an established documentation retrieval system (see the
distribution files associated with the topic, or contact your System
Administrator for further information).
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
Unix 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 Unix 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 did or organized most of its development since the departures of Lou
Montulli and Garrett Blythe from the University of Kansas in the summer of
1994 through the release of v2.7.2, and to everyone on the net who has
contributed to Lynx's development either directly (through patches, comments
or bug reports) or indirectly (through inspiration and development of other
systems).
AUTHORS
Lou Montulli, Garrett Blythe, Craig Lavender, Michael Grobe, Charles Rezac
Academic Computing Services
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
Foteos Macrides
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
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