[a8e70676] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[773c358] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[062c85f8] | 7 | <!ENTITY links-download-http "http://links.twibright.com/download/links-&Links-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY links-download-ftp " ">
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[3a05e52b] | 9 | <!ENTITY links-md5sum "4a1fb575c133eee821b9a1f8e9220b40">
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[221f76c] | 10 | <!ENTITY links-size "3.7 MB">
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[3a05e52b] | 11 | <!ENTITY links-buildsize "20.5 MB">
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[062c85f8] | 12 | <!ENTITY links-time "0.3 SBU">
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[773c358] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[67b459c] | 15 | <sect1 id="Links" xreflabel="Links-&Links-version;">
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[a8e70676] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="links.html"?>
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[50b8d8b] | 17 |
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[a8e70676] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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[50b8d8b] | 22 |
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[a8e70676] | 23 | <title>Links-&Links-version;</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 24 |
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[a8e70676] | 25 | <indexterm zone="Links">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Links">Links</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Links</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para><application>Links</application> is a text and graphics mode
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[1065a91] | 33 | WWW browser. It includes support for rendering
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| 34 | tables and frames, features background downloads, can display colors
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[a8e70676] | 35 | and has many other features.</para>
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[a4b9cd7] | 36 |
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| 37 | <caution>
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| 38 | <para>In the text mode, <application>Links</application> cannot be
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| 39 | configured to use UTF-8 encoding for the terminal output. This
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| 40 | limitation renders <application>Links</application> useless as a
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| 41 | text-based browser in UTF-8 locales. See general discussion of this
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| 42 | type of issue in the <xref linkend="locale-not-valid-option"/> section
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| 43 | on the <xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page.</para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>In the graphical mode,
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| 46 | <application>Links</application> displays text correctly even in
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| 47 | UTF-8 locales, if all characters exist in the built-in font used by
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| 48 | <application>Links</application>. Form submission in UTF-8 locales
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| 49 | is handled correctly when running in X11-based (but not framebuffer-based)
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| 50 | graphical mode.</para>
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| 51 | </caution>
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[50b8d8b] | 52 |
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[a8e70676] | 53 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 54 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&links-download-http;"/></para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&links-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &links-md5sum;</para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>Download size: &links-size;</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &links-buildsize;</para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>Estimated build time: &links-time;</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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[50b8d8b] | 74 |
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[a8e70676] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Links Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[50b8d8b] | 76 |
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[a8e70676] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[4dbbf634] | 78 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gpm"/>,
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[1065a91] | 79 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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[3a05e52b] | 83 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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| 84 | <!-- SDL support is removed upstream until someone fixes it
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[221f76c] | 85 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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[3a05e52b] | 86 | -->
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[1065a91] | 87 | <ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
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[e77976f] | 88 | <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink>, and
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| 89 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>
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[50b8d8b] | 90 |
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[061ec9d] | 91 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[6c42d4e] | 92 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/LinksBrowser"/></para>
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[061ec9d] | 93 |
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[a8e70676] | 94 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 95 |
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[a8e70676] | 96 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 97 | <title>Installation of Links</title>
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| 98 |
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[1065a91] | 99 | <para>Install <application>Links</application> by running the following
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[a8e70676] | 100 | commands:</para>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[062c85f8] | 103 | make CFLAGS="-O2 -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-pointer-sign"</userinput></screen>
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[221f76c] | 104 |
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[c383721] | 105 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 106 |
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[221f76c] | 107 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 108 |
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[fd0a8cd] | 109 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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| 110 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version; &&
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[3a05e52b] | 111 | install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \
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| 112 | /usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version;</userinput></screen>
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[50b8d8b] | 113 |
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[a8e70676] | 114 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 115 |
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[a8e70676] | 116 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 117 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 118 |
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[062c85f8] | 119 | <para><parameter>CFLAGS="-O2 -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-pointer-sign"</parameter>:
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| 120 | Disable printing of many warnings about mismatched signs in parameter
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| 121 | passing and comparison operations during compilation.</para>
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| 122 |
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[1065a91] | 123 | <para><option>--enable-graphics</option>: Add this switch if you want to
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[a8e70676] | 124 | use <application>Links</application> in graphics mode. You will either
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[1065a91] | 125 | need to install the <application>X</application> Window System or enable
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[a8e70676] | 126 | frame buffer support in your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/>.</para>
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[50b8d8b] | 127 |
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[a8e70676] | 128 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 129 |
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[a8e70676] | 130 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[463bc80c] | 131 | <title>Configuring Links</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 132 |
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[a8e70676] | 133 | <sect3 id="links-config">
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| 134 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 135 |
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[a8e70676] | 136 | <para><filename>~/.links/*</filename></para>
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[50b8d8b] | 137 |
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[a8e70676] | 138 | <indexterm zone="Links links-config">
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| 139 | <primary sortas="e-AA.links/*">~/.links/*</primary>
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| 140 | </indexterm>
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[50b8d8b] | 141 |
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[a8e70676] | 142 | </sect3>
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[50b8d8b] | 143 |
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[a8e70676] | 144 | <sect3>
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| 145 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 146 |
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[1065a91] | 147 | <para><application>Links</application> stores its configuration in per-user
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| 148 | files in the <filename class="directory">~/.links</filename> directory. These
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[a8e70676] | 149 | files are created automatically when <command>links</command> is run for the
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| 150 | first time.</para>
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[a4b9cd7] | 151 |
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| 152 | <para>For the correct display of non-ASCII characters, <application>Links</application>
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| 153 | has to be configured through the menu (accessible by pressing the ESC key),
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| 154 | as follows:</para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <itemizedlist>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>If running <application>Links</application> in the text mode,
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| 159 | go to the <quote>Setup > Character set</quote> menu item and select the character
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| 160 | set that matches your locale.</para>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>Optionally, go to the <quote>Setup > Language</quote> menu
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| 164 | and select the user interface language.</para>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>Finally, select the <quote>Setup > Save options</quote>
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| 168 | menu item.</para>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 | </itemizedlist>
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[50b8d8b] | 171 |
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[a8e70676] | 172 | </sect3>
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[50b8d8b] | 173 |
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[a8e70676] | 174 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 175 |
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[a8e70676] | 176 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 177 | <title>Contents</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 178 |
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[a8e70676] | 179 | <segmentedlist>
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| 180 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 181 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 182 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[50b8d8b] | 183 |
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[a8e70676] | 184 | <seglistitem>
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| 185 | <seg>links</seg>
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| 186 | <seg>None</seg>
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[3a05e52b] | 187 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version;</seg>
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[a8e70676] | 188 | </seglistitem>
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| 189 | </segmentedlist>
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[50b8d8b] | 190 |
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[a8e70676] | 191 | <variablelist>
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| 192 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 193 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 194 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[50b8d8b] | 195 |
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[a8e70676] | 196 | <varlistentry id="links">
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[0f0ee329] | 197 | <term><command>links</command></term>
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[a8e70676] | 198 | <listitem>
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| 199 | <para>is a text and graphics mode WWW browser.</para>
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| 200 | <indexterm zone="Links links">
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| 201 | <primary sortas="b-links">links</primary>
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| 202 | </indexterm>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 | </varlistentry>
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[50b8d8b] | 205 |
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[a8e70676] | 206 | </variablelist>
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[50b8d8b] | 207 |
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[a8e70676] | 208 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 209 |
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[f45b1953] | 210 | </sect1>
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