W3m

w3m

w3m

Command line web browser

w3m is a free and open source text-based web browser licensed under the MIT license. It differs from other text based browsers by supporting elements such as tables, frames, and images.[6][7]

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History

The name "w3m" stands for "WWW wo miru (WWWを見る)", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW" where W3 is a numeronym of WWW.[8] The original project is no longer active, but an active version is being maintained by a different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita.[9]

Functions

w3m runs in terminal emulator programs such as xterm and GNOME Terminal.[10] The browser has tabbed browsing, right click menus, and image support,[10] along with support for tables and frames. It also functions as a terminal pager.[6] It can be navigated solely using the keyboard or with the mouse. There are two different display modes, one with colors and one that is monochrome.[11]

w3m can be used within Emacs.[12]

Some distributions require the installation of a second package, w3m-img, to render images using w3m.[13]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "w3m Files".
  2. [2]
    "v0.5.3+git20230121".
  3. [3]
    TOKORO, Kyosuke. "w3m 0.2.1–3 for OS/2 WARP". Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  4. [4]
    Watson, Dave (September 2001). "Text-Mode Web Browsers for OS/2". The Southern California OS/2 User Group. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  5. [5]
    w3m manual page
  6. [6]
    Rutland, David (2 November 2022). "The 3 Best Terminal-Based Web Browsers for Linux". MUO. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. [7]
    Negus, Christopher (28 January 2005). Linux Bible. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7645-8974-4.
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    "W3M FAQ". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. [9]
    Das, Ankush (20 October 2020). "Best Terminal-based Web Browsers for Linux Users". It's FOSS. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  10. [10]
    Hoffman, Chris (23 January 2012). "How to Browse From the Linux Terminal With W3M". How-To Geek. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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    "How to use the W3M text-based web browser on Linux". AddictiveTips. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. [12]
    "EmacsWiki: w3m". www.emacswiki.org. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  13. [13]
    Rankin, Kyle (2006). Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 978-0-596-10076-6.
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