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			   The Lynx Command

The basic syntax of the lynx command can be represented  as one of the
following:

	lynx [options] 
	lynx [options] pathname
	lynx [options] gopher_file_type-gopher_pathname@hostname port_number

where file is  the   name of  a  Lynx  hypertext file that  enters the
hypertext network.  If  no file is  specified, Lynx will use a default
starting file and base directory determined during installation.  If a
specified file is local (i.e., no hostname  is attached) Lynx displays
that  file and uses  the directory in which that  file resides  as the
base directory.  If  a specified  file is not local, the  file will be
retrieved, and only the Gopher server base  directory will be relevant
to further accesses.

Lynx  options can be  selected  from among the   following list, where
items  surrounded by angle brackets  (<<>) indicate that a substitution
must be made (and that the angle brackets will not actually  appear in
the option):

-dir=<<base_directory>
	assign a default base directory for Lynx to reference

-telnet 
	disable recognition of embedded telnet commands completely

-name
	disable recognition of embedded telnet commands by Internet name

-number
	disable recognition of embedded telnet commands by Internet number

-editor=<<editor>
	enable edit mode using the specified editor (vi, ed, emacs, etc.)

-port=<<port_number>
	sets the default Gopher port to port_number.  The default port
	is 70 at installation.  

-vi
	enable edit mode using the vi editor

-emacs
	enable edit mode using the emacs editor

-term=<<terminal_type>
	tell Lynx what terminal type to assume its  talking to.  (This
	may be  useful for remote  execution, when, for example, Lynx 
	connects to a  remote TCP/IP  port that starts  a script that, 
	in turn,  starts another Lynx process.)  

-display=DISPLAY
	set the display variable for X rexeced programs

-exec
	enable local program execution

-noexec
	disable local program execution (default)

-help
	print this usage message

-noprint
	disable print functions

-print
	enable print functions (default)

-verbose
	turns on verbose Gopher information


No options are required, nor is a starting file required.  A space may
be substituted for  any equal sign  (=) appearing  in the option  list
above.

