Lynx

Lynx web browser in action

Lynx is an open source text based web browser. Alternatives to Lynx include links and ELinks.

Installation

On CentOS 8, you have to enable the Power Tools repo:

# dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools
# yum install lynx

Configuration

Create a .lynxrc file with the following:

accept_all_cookies=on
force_ssl_cookies_secure=on

case_sensitive_searching=off
character_set=UNICODE (UTF-8)

user_mode=ADVANCED
verbose_images=on
vi_keys=on

Commands

You can use the 6 buttons above your arrow keys to navigate the document. Additional movement keys are listed below.

Movement	Key	Description
First Page	Home, 7, Ctrl+A	Move to first page of the document
Last Page	End, 1, Ctrl+E	Move to last page of the document
Next Half Page	)	Scroll down a half page
Next Page	PageDown, 3, +, Space, Ctrl+F	Scroll down one page
Next Page x 2	Ctrl+N, DeleteKey	Scroll down two pages
Previous Half Page	(	Scroll up a half page
Previous Page	PageUp, 9, -, b, Ctrl+B	Scroll up one page
Previous Page x 2	Ctrl+P, InsertKey	Scroll up two pages

You can use your arrow keys to navigate to links. Link commands are listed below.

Action	Key	Description
Next Link	DownArrow, 2	Next link right or down
Previous Link	UpArrow, 8	Previous link left or up
Down Link	>	Down to first link on the next line
Up Link	<	Up to first link on the previous line
Follow Link	RightArrow	'Click' on a link

You can navigate to a new page by pressing g and entering a new URL.