Comments on: Debian Sarge, lynx, 400, google

By: Martin Vermeer

Martin Vermeer — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:59:46 +0000

The reason why DISPLAY= works, is that lynx reads the mailcap file,
but uses it selectively: some items are only used on an X display,
others only on a command line interface. There are many more of the
former than of the latter.

The underlying problem seems to be that Google has a limit on the total
size of ACCEPT statements it can take in. Copying and sanitizing
mailcap, and pointing lynx to the sanitized version — as some web pages
correctly advise — is a more fundamental workaround.

By: Karsten M. Self

Karsten M. Self — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:52:20 +0000

Good tip on lynx.

Note that you’ve got the option of links, elinks, elinks2, or my fave, w3m, as other console-mode browsers. All of which appear to work fine with Google.

By: Onno Zweers

Onno Zweers — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:11:31 +0000

Thanks, DPK! I ran into the same Lynx/Google problem and your DISPLAY= trick saved me a lot of time.

By: Harsh but fair

Harsh but fair — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:48:02 +0000

Lynx can save your life

To quote from the Lynx man page:-
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 ot…

By: rone

rone — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:56:56 +0000

Bozorrific.