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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 +of the most common options below.</p> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<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 +prompt:</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">lynx</kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-WEB-LYNX" +name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-WEB-LYNX"></a> +<p><b>Figure 13-5. Lynx default start page</b></p> + +<p><img src="basic-network-commands/lynx.png" /></p> +</div> + +<p>You may want to specify a site for <tt class="COMMAND">lynx</tt> to open to:</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">lynx http://www.slackware.com</kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<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 +information.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4813" name="AEN4813">13.8.2 <tt +class="COMMAND">links</tt></a></h2> + +<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> + +<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-WEB-LINKS" +name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-WEB-LINKS"></a> +<p><b>Figure 13-6. Links, with the file menu open</b></p> + +<p><img src="basic-network-commands/links.png" /></p> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4831" name="AEN4831">13.8.3 <tt +class="COMMAND">wget</tt></a></h2> + +<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> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">wget <url></kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>You can also pass options. For example, this will download the Slackware web site:</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd +class="USERINPUT">wget --recursive http://www.slackware.com</kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<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> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd +class="USERINPUT">wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.8.2.tar.gz</kbd> +--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] +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">wget</tt> has many more options, which make it nice for site +specific scripts (web site mirroring and so forth). 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