About Lynx

Lynx is a fully featured World-Wide Web browser for users on both UNIX and VMS platforms who are connected to those systems via text-based terminals or emulators, including VT100 terminals, and software packages emulating VT100 terminals (e.g., telnet, SLIP, Kermit, Procomm, etc.).

The primary source of information about Lynx is available on the Web from the University of Kansas, where Lynx was developed, or you can go directly to the Lynx help files.

Basic Lynx Keystroke Commands

• MOVEMENT:
  Down arrow - Highlight next topic
  Up arrow - Highlight previous topic
  Right arrow, - Jump to highlighted topic
  Return, Enter, or Left arrow - Return to previous topic
  
  
• SCROLLING:
  + (or space) - Scroll down to next page
  - (or b) - Scroll up to previous page
  
  
• OTHER:
  ? (or h) - Help (this screen)
  a - Add the current link to your bookmark file
  c - Send a comment to the document owner
  d - Download the current link
  e - Edit the current file
  g - Goto a user specified URL or file
  i - Show an index of documents
  j - Execute a jump operation
  k - Show a list of key mappings
  m - Return to main screen
  o - Set your options
  p -Print to a file, mail, printers, or other
  q - Quit (Capital 'Q' for quick quit)
  r - Search for a string within the current document
  s - Enter a search string for an external search
  n - Go to the next search string
  v - View your bookmark file
  z - Cancel transfer in progress
  [backspace] - Go to the history page
  = - Show file and link info
  \ - Toggle document source/rendered view
  ! - Spawn your default shell
  CTRL-R - Reload current file and refresh the screen
  CTRL-W - Refresh the screen
  CTRL-U - Erase input line
  CTRL-G - Cancel input or transfer
  
  

  There is an additional set of keystroke commands that might be useful when you are using Lynx to help you develop WWW HTML documents. See the Lynx help for the DIRED keystroke commands for more information.