id = "lynx" name = "Lynx" homepage = "https://lynx.invisible-island.net/" description = "A text-mode web browser and information client." executables = ["lynx"] [dotfiles] # https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/body.html — Lynx's options # interface can persist user customizations in ~/.lynxrc; the same page # documents settings being read from that file at startup. paths = ["~/.lynxrc"] secret = [] side_effect = false [commands] format = 1 label = "Dump or browse a page" description = "Open a URL in Lynx or dump it as text or HTML source. Cookies, restrictions and custom config files are left out." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = false, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "man" kind = "manual" url = "https://github.com/ThomasDickey/lynx-snapshots/blob/master/lynx.man" revision = "snapshot 2026-10-27" evidence = """ .B \\-dump dumps the formatted output of the default document or those .B \\-nolist disable the link list feature in dumps. .B \\-listonly for \\fB\\-dump\\fR, show only the list of links. .B \\-source works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of .B \\-width\\fR=\\fINUMBER number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80. .B \\-useragent=Name set alternate \\fILynx\\fP User-Agent header. .B \\-force_html forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML. .B \\-accept_all_cookies .B \\-nocolor .B \\-number_links force numbering of links. .B \\-head send a HEAD request for the mime headers. .B \\-image_links toggles inclusion of links for all images. .B \\-reload flushes the cache on a proxy server """ [[commands.field]] id = "url" label = "URL or file" type = "string" position = 0 sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "dump" label = "Dump formatted text to stdout" type = "boolean" option = ["-dump"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "source" label = "Dump HTML source" type = "boolean" option = ["-source"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "nolist" label = "No link list in dumps" type = "boolean" option = ["-nolist"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "listonly" label = "Only list links (with -dump)" type = "boolean" option = ["-listonly"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "width" label = "Dump width (columns)" type = "integer" option = ["-width"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "number_links" label = "Number links" type = "boolean" option = ["-number_links"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "image_links" label = "Include image links" type = "boolean" option = ["-image_links"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "head" label = "HEAD request (headers only)" type = "boolean" option = ["-head"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "force_html" label = "Force HTML interpretation" type = "boolean" option = ["-force_html"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "useragent" label = "User-Agent" type = "string" option = ["-useragent"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "nocolor" label = "No color" type = "boolean" option = ["-nocolor"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.task]] id = "browse" label = "Browse a page" fields = ["url", "number_links"] required = ["url"] [[commands.task]] id = "dump_text" label = "Dump page as text" fields = ["url", "dump", "nolist", "width"] required = ["url", "dump"] set = { dump = [true] } [[commands.task]] id = "dump_source" label = "Fetch HTML source" fields = ["url", "source"] required = ["url", "source"] set = { source = [true] } [[commands.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["url", "dump", "source", "nolist", "width"] [[commands.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["listonly", "number_links", "image_links", "head", "force_html", "useragent", "nocolor"]