Also lynx can handle gopher connections which links cannot. However I still prefer links for straight text browsing.

Thanks for the tip, I don't think I was aware that lynx could do gopher.

Mike


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Hej Mike!

Thanks for the tip, I don't think I was aware that lynx could do gopher.

According to './configure --help';

Other Network Services:
--disable-finger disable FINGER logic
--disable-gopher disable GOPHER logic
--disable-news disable NEWS logic
--disable-ftp disable FTP logic
--enable-wais enable WAIS logic

It looks like it is enabled by default, along with finger, news and ftp protocols. I use lynx mostly for converting html to text and in that case 'lynx -help' will give you all the gory details in order to create an excellent commandline and/or shell scripted html2text function. I can see the gopher capabilties being attractive for a minimalized, low bandwidth app on a smartphone to a properly configured gopher server tasked to provide such a desirable connection.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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Hello Maurice!

12 Sep 2025 19:16, Maurice Kinal wrote to Mike Powell:

--disable-gopher disable GOPHER logic

shame on you :)

see my origin


Regards Benny

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Hej Benny!

shame on you :)

Yeah I know I'm a bad, bad boy. However I still have and use lynx with the default gopher capabilities left turned on.

see my origin

Yep. Works like a charm. I figured it would make a good BBS. Too bad there are few lynx users to fill the void.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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Hello Maurice!

11 Oct 2025 09:57, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

shame on you :)

Yeah I know I'm a bad, bad boy. However I still have and use lynx
with the default gopher capabilities left turned on.

is it better ?, links is more like a non gui version of seamonkey imho :=)

see my origin

Yep. Works like a charm. I figured it would make a good BBS. Too
bad there are few lynx users to fill the void.

thanks for testing, i had reports it did not work, but simply gopher client on windows works, and on android it does aswell


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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Hej Benny!

is it better ?

lynx is the only web app I currently have that can successfully do gopher protocol. links is a no show thus far but then again I haven't really researched it. I think w3m might also work but to be honest I am happy with lynx and have other uses for it.

thanks for testing, i had reports it did not work

It works great. No complaints about it from this direction.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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