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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: terminal only for two weeks
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D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, yeti wrote:
>>>> D <nospam@example.net> 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?

> 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).

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