On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:56:24 -0800, dte...@freebsd.org wrote: > Ok, the reason I ask is actually because I have this insane (?) idea of > shoving > one of the aforementioned solutions onto the installation media so that (gasp) > we can have that functionality back like we had in the days of sysinstall.
So my stupid brain remembered something that actually has happened? A text mode browser in the default installation? Called /usr/bin/lynx maybe? It must be a long time ago... > So naturally, my first question is "which one?" The UNIX philosophy suggests to use one that is sufficient for the purpose. A look at dependencies would be useful. >From that point of view, lynx seems to be okay, as it will do all the things which are required: Render the HTML in a readable manner, make the hyperreferences accessible, evenprovide NLS if the installation has a requirement for that (newbie non-US users probably will find that feature useful), no dependencies regarding graphics hardware, so it will even work on a serial terminal (when in use at a museum) or via SSH if urgently needed. However, it seems that lynx does not support UTF-8, but again, that doesn't matter, as there is no such content in the documents, and it doesn't work in text mode anyway. And if you need a transparent background, clean your terminal. :-) It would also be possible to use w3m with ja- users in mind, disabling the "inline image" functions to get rid of x11, fb, and gtk2 dependencies. If desired, w3m can use the lynx keyboard map. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
