1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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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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9 | <!ENTITY links-md5sum "8c4bc1ebbf4962d290df8218bfc21413">
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10 | <!ENTITY links-size "4.1 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY links-buildsize "25 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY links-time "0.3 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="Links" xreflabel="Links-&Links-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="links.html"?>
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17 |
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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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22 |
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23 | <title>Links-&Links-version;</title>
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24 |
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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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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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35 | and has many other features.</para>
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36 |
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37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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39 | <listitem>
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40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&links-download-http;"/></para>
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41 | </listitem>
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&links-download-ftp;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &links-md5sum;</para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download size: &links-size;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &links-buildsize;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated build time: &links-time;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | </itemizedlist>
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58 |
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59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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60 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Recommended patch: <ulink
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63 | url="&gentoo-ftp-repo;/links-&Links-version;-utf8.diff.bz2"/></para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | </itemizedlist>
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66 |
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67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Do I Need the Patch and Do I Have to Enable
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68 | Graphics Support?</bridgehead>
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69 |
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70 | <para>In text mode, <application>Links</application> cannot be
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71 | configured to use UTF-8 encoding for the terminal input/output. This
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72 | limitation renders <application>Links</application> useless as a
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73 | text-based browser in UTF-8 locales. See general discussion of this
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74 | type of issue in the <xref linkend="locale-not-valid-option"/> section
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75 | on the <xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page. The patch fixes all these
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76 | issues with an exception of Chinese locale, when there isn't an available
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77 | character set.</para>
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78 |
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79 | <para>In graphical mode, <application>Links</application> displays text
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80 | correctly even in UTF-8 locales, if all characters exist in the built-in
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81 | font used by <application>Links</application>. Form submission in UTF-8
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82 | locales is handled correctly when running in X11-based (but not
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83 | framebuffer-based) graphical mode.</para>
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84 |
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85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Links Dependencies</bridgehead>
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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88 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gpm"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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92 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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93 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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94 | <!-- SDL support is removed upstream until someone fixes it
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95 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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96 | -->
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97 | <ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
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98 | <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink>, and
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99 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>
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100 |
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101 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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102 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/LinksBrowser"/></para>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | <sect2 role="installation">
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107 | <title>Installation of Links</title>
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108 |
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109 | <para>If desired, apply the patch:</para>
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110 |
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111 | <screen><userinput>bzcat ../links-&Links-version;-utf8.diff.bz2 | patch -p1 &&
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112 | cd intl &&
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113 | ./gen-intl && ./synclang &&
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114 | cd ..
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115 | </userinput></screen>
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116 |
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117 | <para>Install <application>Links</application> by running the following
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118 | commands:</para>
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119 |
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120 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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121 | make</userinput></screen>
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122 |
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123 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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124 |
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125 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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126 |
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127 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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128 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version; &&
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129 | install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \
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130 | /usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version;</userinput></screen>
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131 |
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132 | </sect2>
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133 |
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134 | <sect2 role="commands">
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135 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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136 |
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137 | <para><command>./gen-intl && ./synclang</command>: These commands
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138 | regenerate the language table.</para>
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139 |
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140 | <para><option>--enable-graphics</option>: This switch enables support
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141 | for graphics mode. You will either need to install the
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142 | <application>X</application> Window System or enable frame buffer support in
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143 | your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/>.</para>
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144 |
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145 | </sect2>
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146 |
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147 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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148 | <title>Configuring Links</title>
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149 |
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150 | <sect3 id="links-config">
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151 | <title>Config Files</title>
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152 |
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153 | <para><filename>~/.links/*</filename></para>
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154 |
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155 | <indexterm zone="Links links-config">
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156 | <primary sortas="e-AA.links/*">~/.links/*</primary>
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157 | </indexterm>
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158 |
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159 | </sect3>
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160 |
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161 | <sect3>
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162 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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163 |
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164 | <para><application>Links</application> stores its configuration in per-user
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165 | files in the <filename class="directory">~/.links</filename> directory. These
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166 | files are created automatically when <command>links</command> is run for the
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167 | first time.</para>
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168 |
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169 | <para>For the correct display of non-ASCII characters,
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170 | <application>Links</application> has to be configured through the menu
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171 | (accessible by pressing the ESC key), as follows:</para>
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172 |
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173 | <itemizedlist>
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174 | <listitem>
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175 | <para>If running <application>Links</application> in the text mode in a
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176 | UTF-8 based locale, go to the <quote>Setup > Terminal options</quote>
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177 | menu item and check the <quote>UTF-8 I/O</quote> box.</para>
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178 | </listitem>
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179 | <listitem>
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180 | <para>If running <application>Links</application> in the text mode,
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181 | go to the <quote>Setup > Character set</quote> menu item and select
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182 | the character set that matches your locale or, if you use UTF-8 based
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183 | locale, the character set that contains all characters that you want
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184 | <application>Links</application> to be able to display.</para>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | <listitem>
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187 | <para>Optionally, go to the <quote>Setup > Language</quote> menu
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188 | and select the user interface language.</para>
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189 | </listitem>
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>Finally, select the <quote>Setup > Save options</quote>
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192 | menu item.</para>
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193 | </listitem>
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194 | </itemizedlist>
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195 |
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196 | </sect3>
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197 |
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198 | </sect2>
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199 |
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200 | <sect2 role="content">
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201 | <title>Contents</title>
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202 |
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203 | <segmentedlist>
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204 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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205 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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206 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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207 |
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208 | <seglistitem>
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209 | <seg>links</seg>
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210 | <seg>None</seg>
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211 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version;</seg>
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212 | </seglistitem>
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213 | </segmentedlist>
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214 |
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215 | <variablelist>
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216 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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217 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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218 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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219 |
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220 | <varlistentry id="links">
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221 | <term><command>links</command></term>
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222 | <listitem>
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223 | <para>is a text and graphics mode WWW browser.</para>
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224 | <indexterm zone="Links links">
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225 | <primary sortas="b-links">links</primary>
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226 | </indexterm>
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227 | </listitem>
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228 | </varlistentry>
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229 |
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230 | </variablelist>
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231 |
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232 | </sect2>
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233 |
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234 | </sect1>
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