1 LYNX 2 NAME lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web 2 SYNOPSIS lynx [options] [path or URL] use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options. 2 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- oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup language (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. 2 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 processes on most systems), especially when the -auth or -pauth options are used. -accept_all_cookies accept all cookies. -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 references, and converts them to news links. Not recommended 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. -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 logfile. -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 COLORTERM environment variable. (If color support is instead provided by a color-capable curses library like ncurses, Lynx relies completely on the terminal 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 
 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:
              lynx -dump http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html

       -editor=EDITOR
              enable   external   editing,  using  the  specified
              EDITOR. (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
              configured).

       -fileversions
              include  all  versions  of  files  in   local   VMS
              directory 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
              terminated by a line that starts with '---'.

       -head  send a HEAD request for the mime headers.

       -help  print the Lynx command syntax usage message.

       -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.

       -newschunksize=NUMBER
              number of articles in chunked news listings.

       -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
              capabilities   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
              owners.

       -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.

       -noreverse
              disable reverse video-attribute.

       -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
              terminated 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
              translations or CJK mode for the startup  character
              set.

       -realm restricts access to URLs in the starting realm.
       -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
              selectively. 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
              directories) 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,
              outside_telnet,       inside_ftp,      outside_ftp,
              inside_rlogin,     outside_rlogin,     inside_news,
              outside_news, telnet_port, jump, mail, print, exec,
              and goto.  The  settings  for  these,  as  well  as
              additional   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,
              hidden (dot) files.

              download   -   disallow  some  downloaders  in  the
              download   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

              applications (with the EXTERN command) is  compiled
              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
              people   coming   from  inside  your  domain  (utmp
              required for selectivity).

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

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

              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
              selectivity).

              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
              "newsreply"  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
              selectivity).

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

              print - disallow most print options.
              shell - disallow  shell  escapes  and  lynxexec  or
              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
              configuration  can  be  changed  in  userdefs.h  or
              lynx.cfg.   The  command  line  switch  toggles the
              default.

       -soft_dquotes
              toggles emulation of the old  Netscape  and  Mosaic
              bug  which  treated  '>'  as  a  co-terminator  for
              double-quotes and tags.

       -source
              works the same as  dump  but  outputs  HTML  source
              instead of formatted text.

       -stack_dump
              disable SIGINT cleanup handler

       -startfile_ok
              allow   non-http   startfile   and   homepage  with
              -validate.

       -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
              talking   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
              support this feature.  If ncurses is used, clicking
              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
              compiled 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)

2 COMMANDS
       o  Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext
       links.
       o  Right  arrow  or  Return  will  follow  a   highlighted
       hypertext 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.

2 ENVIRONMENT
       In  addition  to  various "standard" environment variables
       such as HOME,  PATH,  USER,  DISPLAY,  TMPDIR,  etc,  Lynx
       utilizes  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
       listed separately below.

       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
                           terminal is forced on at startup time.
                           The   actual  value  assigned  to  the
                           variable 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
                           information.

       LYNX_TEMP_SPACE     This  variable,  if set, will override
                           the default path prefix for  temporary
                           files    that   was   defined   during
                           installation, 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
                           will  override  the  setting  of   the
                           ORGANIZATION  environment variable, if
                           it is also  set  (and,  on  UNIX,  the
                           contents 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
                           protocol  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
                           PROTOCOL_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
                           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 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
                           "Information  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
                           "Information  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
                           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 URL" under VMS.

       LYNX_TRACE          If  set,  causes Lynx to write a trace
                           file as  if  the  -trace  option  were
                           supplied.

       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,
                           however,  it  is unset at startup time
                           (or 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
                           specified terminal type (for the  Lynx
                           execution   environment).    Note:  If
                           set/modified by Lynx,  the  values  of
                           the  LINES  and/or COLUMNS environment
                           variables may also be changed.

2 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
       environment:

       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
       
       for the definition and usage of these variables.

       The CGI Specification, and other associated documentation,
       should be consulted for general information on CGI  script

       programming.

2 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
       distribution,  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
                           priority  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
                           configuration,  limits  the  installed
                           languages 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.

2 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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       line in the body of your message.

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2 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  subject").

       A  section  shown as (?) denotes that documentation on the
       topic exists, but is not part of an established documentation
       retrieval system (see the distribution files associated
       with the topic, or contact your System  Administrator
       for further information).

2 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).

2 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