Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Carson Chittom
> <car...@wistly.net> wrote:
>
>> Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com> writes:
>>
>> > There is also no reason to prohibit text-based browsers. i'm not aware of
>> > any which support JavaScript, meaning that they will be severely
>> castrated
>> > when using fossil, but it would be wrong to prohibit them just because
>> X11
>> > isn't running.
>>
>> Links[1] supports at least some Javascript.  Not sure how well--I've
>> only ever used it on the couple of occasions I've needed to SSH from
>> work to my home computer and fiddle with the web interface on the
>> wireless point.
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_%28web_browser%29
>>
>
> Interesting.  I never thought to try that, but it does work.  I did this:
>
>    sudo apt-get install lynx
>    fossil setting web-browser lynx
>    fossil ui
>
> ... and it works!  You don't see the timeline graph (of course) and the
> side-by-side diff display doesn't work, but a lot of things do work.

You probably know this already, but just so anyone reading the list's
archives is clear:  lynx and links are two separate, unrelated text-mode
browsers.  The latter supports (some) Javascript; the former does not.

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