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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 Wed, 28 Nov 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> 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:
>>>>>> 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.

Certainly, in X it'll always be in a separate window.

> 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.

W3m displays images in XTerm and other terminal emulators, so that
might be what you want for a browser. I'm not sure if there's a
list of terminal emulators that support image display from it.
This page mentions that some require changes to the configuration:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/W3m

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