Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: terminal only for two weeks Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:52:26 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <65301869-e646-a303-2eac-40c90bb7c02f@example.net> References: <67447ce1$0$22$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6c4ae24b-7bb8-7d84-8f74-1f5fc14c0ec0@example.net> <87ed2yjkl8.fsf@tilde.institute> <55db8483-58f0-c3dc-de0b-7f44881fa180@example.net> <67464333@news.ausics.net> <674784c0@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="287102"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: <674784c0@news.ausics.net> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26205 On Wed, 28 Nov 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > D wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Nov 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>> D wrote: >>>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, yeti wrote: >>>>> D wrote: >>>>>> I have been thinking about moving the reading part of web browsing >>>>>> into the terminal as well, but haven't found a browser I'm happy >>>>>> with. >>>>> >>>>> I use Elinks, Emacs/EWW and W3m, but none of them can replace the scary >>>>> fullfat browsers. They seem to just fit Smolweb stuff (FTP, Gemini, >>>>> Gopher and similar). >>>> >>>> True. >>> >>> I like seeing useful images, so prefer Dillo and Links (the latter >>> does support display via the framebuffer so you can run it >>> graphically without X). >> >> For some reason, I never managed to get the framebuffer to work. Have no >> idea why. =( I would like to get it to work though. > > I guess the framebuffer is working for the console, otherwise it > will probably be a low-res BIOS character display like in DOS. So > either a permissions problem or do you know that you need to start > Links with the "-g" option? Ahh... ok, that might explain it. If it is console only, then it might not work in my terminal emulator, and -g just opens a window in X. I would have liked for it to shows images in the terminal, but maybe I need to find another terminal emulator for that to work? I think I use the default one that comes with xfce. >> Dillo was a good tip! >> I did play with it for a bit, but then forgot about it. Maybe the reason >> was a lack of tabs or buffers. I think links or maybe it was elinks, had a >> way for me to replicate tabs or vi buffers in the browser. It was super >> convenient! > > Links doesn't do tabs, eLinks might but I haven't used it much. > Dillo has tabs, but isn't great for managing huge numbers of them > (although I avoid trying to do that anywhere). Hmm, I should revisit that. I did manage to hack together something similar to buffers, but don't remember at the moment what I did exactly.