Section 1: lynx



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NAME

lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web

SYNOPSIS

lynx [options] [path or URL] use "lynx -help" to display a complete list of current options.

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-ori- ented" display). It will display hypertext markup lan- guage (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.

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 pro- cesses on most systems), especially when the -auth or -pauth options are used. -accept_all_cookies accept all cookies. Local 1 LYNX(1) LYNX(1) -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 refer- ences, and converts them to news links. Not recom- mended 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. -color forces color mode on, if available. Default color control sequences which work for many terminal types are assumed if the terminal capability 2 Local LYNX(1) LYNX(1) 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 COL- ORTERM environment variable. (If color support is instead provided by a color-capable curses library like ncurses, Lynx relies completely on the termi- nal 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  EDI-
              TOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)

       -emacskeys
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       -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  con-
              figured).

       -fileversions
              include  all  versions of files in local VMS direc-
              tory 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
              send form data from stdin using GET method and dump
              results.

       -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
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              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



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              incorporated within a mailto URL or form ACTION.

       -nocolor
              force color mode off, overriding terminal capabili-
              ties  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 own-
              ers.

       -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.

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              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
              send form data from stdin  using  POST  method  and
              dump results.

       -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 transla-
              tions 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  selec-
              tively.  Dashes and underscores in option names can
              be intermixed. The following list is printed if  no
              options are specified.

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              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  direc-
              tories) 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, out-
              side_telnet,        inside_ftp,        outside_ftp,
              inside_rlogin,  outside_rlogin,  inside_news,  out-
              side_news, telnet_port, jump,  mail,  print,  exec,
              and goto.  The settings for these, as well as addi-
              tional 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, hid-
              den (dot) files.

              download - disallow some downloaders in  the  down-
              load 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 peo-
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              for selectivity).

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

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

              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  selectiv-
              ity).

              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 "newsre-
              ply"  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 selec-
              tivity).

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

              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.





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       -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 configura-
              tion 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  dou-
              ble-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  -vali-
              date.

       -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  talk-
              ing  to.  (This may be useful for remote execution,
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              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 sup-
              port 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
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       -wdebug
              enable  Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt
              debugfile).  This applies only to DOS versions com-
              piled 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)

COMMANDS

o Use Up arrow and Down arrow to scroll through hypertext links. o Right arrow or Return will follow a highlighted hyper- text 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.

ENVIRONMENT

In addition to various "standard" environment variables such as HOME, PATH, USER, DISPLAY, TMPDIR, etc, Lynx uti- lizes 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 ter- minal is forced on at startup time. The actual value assigned to the vari- able 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, 12 Local LYNX(1) LYNX(1) 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 informa- tion. LYNX_TEMP_SPACE This variable, if set, will override the default path prefix for temporary files that was defined during instal- lation, 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 ORGA- NIZATION environment variable, if it is also set (and, on UNIX, the con- tents 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 Local 13 LYNX(1) LYNX(1) WWW_access_GATEWAY, below). Each pro- tocol 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 PROTO- COL_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 pro- gram, 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 "Infor- mation 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 14 Local LYNX(1) LYNX(1) "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition state- ment. 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 pro- gram, 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_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, how- ever, 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 speci- fied terminal type (for the Lynx exe- cution environment). Note: If set/modified by Lynx, the values of the LINES and/or COLUMNS environment variables may also be changed. 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 envi- ronment: CONTENT_LENGTH CONTENT_TYPE Local 15 LYNX(1) LYNX(1) 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. 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 distribu- tion, 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 prior- ity for setting the message catalog 16 Local LYNX(1) LYNX(1) 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 config- uration, limits the installed lan- guages 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.

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 with "subscribe lynx-dev" as the only line in the body of your message. Send bug reports, comments, suggestions to after subscribing. Unsubscribe by sending email to with "unsubscribe lynx-dev" as the only line in the body of your message. Do not send the unsubscribe message to the lynx-dev list, itself. 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 sub- ject"). A section shown as (?) denotes that documentation on the topic exists, but is not part of an established documenta- tion retrieval system (see the distribution files associ- ated with the topic, or contact your System Administrator for further information). Local 17 LYNX(1) LYNX(1)

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).

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 18 Local