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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-ori-
       ented"  display).   It  will display hypertext markup lan-
       guage (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 pro-
              cesses on most systems), especially when the  -auth
              or -pauth options are used.

       -accept_all_cookies
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       -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.

       -blink forces  high  intensity background colors for color
              mode, if available and supported by  the  terminal.
              Lynx  needs  to  be compiled with the slang library
              for this flag.

       -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 refer-
              ences, and converts them to news links.  Not recom-
              mended  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.

       -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.



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       -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  log-
              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 COL-
              ORTERM  environment variable.  (If color support is
              instead provided by a color-capable curses  library
              like  ncurses, Lynx relies completely on the termi-
              nal 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.

       -cookies
              toggles handling of Set-Cookie headers.

       -cookie_file=FILENAME
              specifies a file to use to store cookies.

       -connect_timeout=N
              Sets  the connection  timeout, where N is given in
              seconds.  This is not available under DOS (use  the
              sockdelay parameter of WATTCP under DOS).

       -core  toggles forced core dumps on fatal errors.

       -crawl with  -traversal, output each page to a file.  with
              -dump, format output as  with  -traversal,  but  to
              stdout.

       -debug_partial
              incremental display stages with MessageSecs delay

       -display=DISPLAY
              set the display variable for X rexec-ed programs.

       -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:



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              lynx -dump http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html

       -editor=EDITOR
              enable  external  editing, using the specified EDI-
              TOR. (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 con-
              figured).

       -fileversions
              include all versions of files in local  VMS  direc-
              tory listings.

       -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 termi-
              nated by a line that starts with '---'.

       -head  send a HEAD request for the mime headers.

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       -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).

       -mime_header
              prints the MIME header of a fetched document  along
              with its source.

       -minimal
              toggles minimal versus valid comment parsing.

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       -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 capabili-
              ties  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 own-
              ers.

       -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.

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       -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 termi-
              nated 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 transla-
              tions or CJK mode for the startup character set.

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       -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 selec-
              tively. 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 direc-
              tories) 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,  out-
              side_telnet,      inside_ftp,     outside_ftp,
              inside_rlogin,  outside_rlogin,  inside_news,  out-
              side_news,  telnet_port,  jump,  mail, print, exec,
              and goto. The settings for these, as well as addi-
              tional  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, hid-
              den (dot) files.

              download  -  disallow some downloaders in the down-
              load 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
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              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 peo-
              ple coming from inside your domain  (utmp required
              for selectivity).

              inside_rlogin  - disallow rlogins for people coming
              from inside your domain (utmp required  for  selec-
              tivity).

              inside_telnet  - disallow telnets for people coming
              from inside your domain (utmp required  for  selec-
              tivity).

              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 selectiv-
              ity).

              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 "newsre-
              ply" 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  selec-
              tivity).

              outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming
              from outside your domain (utmp required for  selec-
              tivity).

              print - disallow most print options.

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              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.

       -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  configura-
              tion 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/sec-
              ond.   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  dou-
              ble-quotes and tags.

       -source
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       -stack_dump
              disable SIGINT cleanup handler

       -startfile_ok
              allow non-http startfile and homepage  with  -vali-
              date.

       -stdin read the startfile from standard input (UNIX only).

       -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 talk-
              ing 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.

       -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.

       -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 sup-
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              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 com-
              piled with WATTCP or WATT-32.

       -width=NUMBER
              number of columns for formatting of dumps,  default
              is 80.

       -with_backspaces
              emit  backspaces in output if -dumping or -crawling
              (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 hyper-
       text 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 uti-
       lizes 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
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       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  ter-
                           minal  is  forced  on at startup time.
                           The actual value assigned to the vari-
                           able 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_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 informa-
                           tion.

       LYNX_TEMP_SPACE  This variable, if set,  will    override
                           the  default path prefix for temporary
                           files that was defined during  instal-
                           lation,  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
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                           ORGANIZATION environment variable, if
                           it is also set (and, on UNIX, the con-
                           tents 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 pro-
                           tocol   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 PROTO-
                           COL_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
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                           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  "Infor-
                           mation  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 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  "Infor-
                           mation  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 pro-
                           gram,  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 sup-
                           plied.

       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, how-
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                           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 speci-
                           fied terminal type (for the Lynx exe-
                           cution   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  envi-
       ronment:

       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
       <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/cgi/draft-coar-cgi-v11-00.txt>
       for the definition and usage of these variables.

       The CGI Specification, and other associated documentation,
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       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  distribu-
       tion,  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 prior-
                           ity  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 config-
                           uration,  limits  the  installed  lan-
                           guages 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
       This is the Lynx v2.8.3 Release

       If you wish to contribute to the further  development  of
       Lynx,  subscribe to  our  mailing  list.   Send  email to
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       lynx-dev list, itself.

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 sub-
       ject").

       A section shown as (?) denotes that documentation  on  the
       topic exists, but is not part of an established documenta-
       tion retrieval system (see the distribution files  associ-
       ated  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 envi-
       ronment. 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  ev-
       eryone  on  the net who has contributed to Lynx's develop-
       ment either directly (through patches, comments or bug re-
       ports)  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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