The Links-hacked and Elinks thread

Question

I have just installed this Links-hacked and so far I'm loving it. I have the best of both worlds: the lightness and speed of a text browser, plus the ability to use graphics.
Now my only problem is that I can't find my way around to configure it. For example, I can't find a keyboard shortcut to open a new tab, or a way to have numbered links.
So far I have to say it's not as good as Elinks, but it's surely the best option. I don't think I would be able to completely switch to a text-only browser, and I hope the graphics Elinks version is released as soon as possible.
I think Elinks is the best text-browser I have seen, perhaps the best web browser.
Anyway, this is the PKGBUILD I have put together from the comments on AUR:
pkgname=links-hacked
pkgver=030709
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="An enhanced version of links with support for tabs"
pkgurl="http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/"
arch=('i686')
# Web-site down indefinitely
url="http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/"
# Source URLs point to the PKGBUILD-maker's webspace. No longer available from the maintainer's site.
source=(http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/downloads/$pkgname-$pkgver.tgz http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/downloads/links-fonts-new.tgz)
depends=('openssl' 'x-server' 'gpm' 'bzip2' 'libtiff')
md5sums=(74fb710ecfa89aceb51211f7dce24ab0 1176ee9132c9df8c1ec955e28bff6f5b)
conflicts=(links)
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/
mv ../font ./
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-ssl --enable-javascript --enable-graphics
sed -i "s|load_failure:|load_failure:; {}|g" options.c
sed -i "s|already_drawn:|already_drawn:; {}|g" options_manager.c
sed -i "s|tabs_end:|tabs_end:; {}|g" view_gr.c
sed -ri "s|^.*prune_font_cache.*$||" links.h
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
So, if you have any suggestion or personal configuration to suggest, please do.
So far what I have succesfully configured are the fonts. You can add more fonts by simply specifying your font path in the font manager, then in the User Interface menu, you can write manually the name of the font you want. A bit unpractical, but it works.
Last edited by finferflu (2008-01-01 21:23:02)

Answer 1

Thanks for finding that out, finferflu. I too had stumbled on some pages that didn't work and do now with ipv6.
edit: I presume you mean the elinks.conf options
set connection.try_ipv4 = 1
set connection.try_ipv6 = 0
But the second option gives an error with --disable-ipv6, making it still not work.
edit2:
The man page says:
connection.try_ipv4 [0|1] (default: 1)
Whether to try to connect to a host over IPv4. Note that if connection.try_ipv6 is enabled too, it takes prece-
dence. And better do not touch this at all unless you are sure what are you doing. Note that you can also force a
given protocol to be used on a per-connection basis by using an URL in the style of i.e. http4://elinks.or.cz/.
connection.try_ipv6 [0|1] (default: 1)
Whether to try to connect to a host over IPv6. Note that you can also force a given protocol to be used on a
per-connection basis by using an URL in the style of i.e. http6://elinks.or.cz/.
However going to http4://yubnub.org with --disable-ipv6 doesn't work.
Last edited by Gilneas (2008-01-02 20:10:54)