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Lynx is a World-Wide-Web (WWW) compatible client program designed for cursor-addressable, cell-addressable devices (such as VT100 terminals and vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs). Lynx will retrieve and display the WWW's hypertext markup language (HTML) documents in character format. Lynx will also interface to Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers.
Lynx can be invoked from the Internet Nebraska menu system and it can be run from the Unix prompt by typing ``lynx''. Basic instructions are displayed at the bottom of the screen. More help is available by typing `H'. Lynx follows hypertext and other links embedded in documents it displays. The current ``link'' will be highlighted. (If your vt100 emulator does not highlight correctly, you may have problems.) The right arrow key (or return key) follows the current link to the associated document. This document may or may not be on the same machine, but the software will take care of making the connection to the machine. The left arrow key returns to the previous document. The up and down arrow keys moves the current link in the current document. The space bar pages down within a document.
The program is fairly easy to start using and the online help explains some of the other things you can do (such as using the `=' to view information about the current document). The `o' key will bring up the options key. Once you start browsing with lynx, you may want to learn more about Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) used to specify the machine, directory, and filenames of documents and other resources. Lynx can be used with email, news, file transfers, and other internetworking activities. All-in-all, it is very powerful and easy-to-use.
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