source: basicnet/textweb/links.xml@ 3af96d64

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY Links-download-http "http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links/download/links-&Links-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY Links-download-ftp  "ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/local/clock/links/links-&Links-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY Links-size          "3.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY Links-buildsize     "44.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY Links-time          "0.56 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="Links" xreflabel="Links-&Links-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="Links.html"?>
<title>Links-&Links-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Links</application></title>

<para><application>Links</application> is a text and graphics mode
<acronym>WWW</acronym> browser. It includes support for rendering 
tables and frames, features background downloads, can display colors 
and has many other features.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&Links-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&Links-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &Links-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &Links-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &Links-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Links</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="gpm"/>, <xref linkend="openssl"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, <ulink
url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink> and 
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>).</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Links</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Links</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--enable-graphics</option>: Add this switch if you want to 
use <application>Links</application> in graphics mode. You will also need to 
enable frame buffer support in your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/> 
or one of the supported graphics libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Links</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>~/.links/*</filename></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para><application>Links</application> stores its configuration in per-user 
files in the <filename class="directory">~/.links</filename> directory. These 
files are created automatically when <command>links</command> is run for the
first time.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Links</application> package contains 
<command>links</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>links</title>
<para><command>links</command> is a text and graphics mode
<acronym>WWW</acronym> browser.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>