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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-WEB"
name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-WEB">13.8 Browsers</a></h1>
<p>The first thing that people think about when they hear the word Internet is
“surfing the net”. Or looking at websites using a web browser. This is
probably by far the most popular use of the Internet for the average user.</p>
<p>Slackware provides popular graphical web browsers in the “XAP” series, as
well as text mode browsers in the “N” series. We'll take a quick look at some
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4776" name="AEN4776">13.8.1 <tt
class="COMMAND">lynx</tt></a></h2>
<p><tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt>(1) is a text-based web browser. It is a very quick way
of looking up something on the Internet. Sometimes graphics just get in the way if you
know exactly what you're after.</p>
<p>To start <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt>, just type <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt> at the
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">lynx</kbd>
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<p><b>Figure 13-5. Lynx default start page</b></p>
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<p>You may want to specify a site for <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt> to open to:</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">lynx http://www.slackware.com</kbd>
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt> prints the command keys and what they do at the bottom
of the screen. The up and down arrow keys move around the document, <kbd
class="USERINPUT">Enter</kbd> selects the highlighted link, and the <kbd
class="USERINPUT">left arrow</kbd> goes back to the previous page. Typing <kbd
class="USERINPUT">d</kbd> will download the currently selected file. The <kbd
class="USERINPUT">g</kbd> command brings up the Go prompt, where you can give <tt
class="COMMAND">lynx</tt> a URL to open.</p>
<p>There are many other commands in <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt>. You can either consult
the man page, or type <kbd class="USERINPUT">h</kbd> to get the help screen for more
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4813" name="AEN4813">13.8.2 <tt
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<p>Just like <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt>, <tt class="COMMAND">links</tt> is a textmode
web browser, where you do all the navigation using the keyboard. However, when you press
the <kbd class="USERINPUT">Esc</kbd> key, it will activate a very convenient pulldown
menu on the top of the screen. This makes it very easy to use, without having to learn
all the keyboard shortcuts. People who do not use a text browser every day will
appreciate this feature.</p>
<p><tt class="COMMAND">links</tt> seems to have better support for both frames and
tables, when compared to <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt>.</p>
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<p><b>Figure 13-6. Links, with the file menu open</b></p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4831" name="AEN4831">13.8.3 <tt
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">wget</tt>(1) is a command line utility that will download files
from a specified URL. While not an actual web-browser, <tt class="COMMAND">wget</tt> is
used primarily to grab whole or partial web sites for offline viewing, or for fast
download of single files from HTTP or FTP servers instead. The basic syntax is:</p>
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<p>You can also pass options. For example, this will download the Slackware web site:</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">wget</tt> will create a <tt
class="FILENAME">www.slackware.com</tt> directory and store the files in there, just as
the site does.</p>
<p><tt class="COMMAND">wget</tt> can also download files from FTP sites; just specify an
FTP URL instead of an HTTP one.</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd
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--12:18:16-- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.8.2.tar.gz
=> `wget-1.8.2.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.gnu.org... done.
Connecting to ftp.gnu.org[199.232.41.7]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /gnu/wget ... done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR wget-1.8.2.tar.gz ... done.
Length: 1,154,648 (unauthoritative)
100%[==================================>] 1,154,648 209.55K/s ETA 00:00
12:18:23 (209.55KB/s) - `wget-1.8.2.tar.gz' saved [1154648]
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