If you mean to browse something just type:
edbrowse url
or
edbrowse file
Then you can use the same commands as ed.
edbrowse is also an email reader/sender and other stuff. I love it.
On May 30, 2017, at 5:08 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is the syntax for ebrowse?
We have it here at shellworld...I think, and I wish to test something.
Karen
> On Fri, 26 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>
> Edbrowse may help for web browsing alonggg with surfraw-heavy.
>
> Sent from BlueMail for iPhone
> On May 25, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Tim here
>
> Mark Peveto wrote
> Over the last couple days or so, I've considered becoming a totally
> command line linux user.
>
> I'm mostly there. Web browsing is the big hurdle for much of my
> day-to-day use. Lynx/links/elinks work for many things, but some
> sites just need a fully modern-standards-supporting browser.
>
> How would I print to my printer for example,
>
> It depends on what you want to print, but it usually involves piping
> things to the "lp" ("line printer") program. It can be configured to
> use CUPS on the back end (and may already be configured out of the
> box for you).
>
> Getting fancier output would involve rendering some sort of markup.
> There are tools to render HTML, LaTeX, PDFs, and even Word/LibreOffice
> docs from the command-line to the printer.
>
> I don't know what you want to print, but I suspect it can be done in
> most cases.
>
> play an entire album from my music collection.
>
> It depends on your tastes, but there are literally dozens of music
> players. Some, such as mpg123/mpg312/aplay/ogg123 allow you to
> specify just the files you want on the command line and it will play
> them. Others, like mplayer are similar but give you a little more
> control over playback.
>
> There's also mpd/mpc which is the Music Player Daemon/Client that
> runs in the background and doesn't really have a GUI. The mpd
> program runs in the background and the mpc program acts like a
> remote-control, letting you create/edit playlists, control playback,
> etc. I like the remote-control aspect as I can map them to
> particular keys on my keyboard or aliases in the shell and have quick
> access to common commands with my media-keys.
>
> Personally, I use "cmus" which has a text-mode GUI but also has a
> remote-control interface like mpd/mpc. I start up tmux and have a
> pane for my alsamixer and cmus which lets me flip between them pretty
> readily. It allows me to make play-lists, search my collection,
> shuffle, etc, much like you'd be familiar with in a graphical player.
>
>
> How, also, would I create documents in something beyond text
> format?
>
> usually it's done with a markup that suits your tastes. I personally
> have been writing HTML by hand since college in the mid 90s so that's
> what I reach for. But other people like TeX/LaTeX (it does produce
> some beautiful output and also has external library support for things
> like music markup letting you write scores) while other people like
> some of the more light-weight markup languages like Markdown or RST
> or the like.
>
> I'd kick the tires on a few and see what feels natural to you.
> Fortunately, there's a tool called "pandoc" that lets you convert
> between a large number of input/output formats so you can write in
> Markdown and convert to PDF, or write in HTML and convert to MS-Word
> format, or write in LaTeX and convert to ePub with minimal loss. And
> it outputs any of them in plain-text (though you may lose some
> information in the process since plain-text doesn't support many
> features as you've acknowledged)
>
> How does one ditch the guy, and still enjoy all linux has to offer
> in the console?
>
> One program at a time (grins). So much like each of the items above,
> it's a matter of asking "I currently do XYZ in the GUI but would like
> to do XYZ in the console" for whatever XYZ is your next adventure.
>
> I maintain a page listing a number of common command-line tools:
>
> http://tim.thechases.com/posts/cli/software-for-a-command-line-world/
>
> that can point you in the direction of various applications to try
> out. Some might drive you crazy while others might fit your brain
> just right. They should all be free and are likely in most software
> repos, so it doesn't cost you anything except a little time to try
> each one out.
>
> I'm willing to learn how to do this, but who ever decides to help
> me is gonna hafta be patient.
>
> The folks on this list are a pretty friendly & patient bunch, so
> we'll be glad to help where we can.
>
> -tim
>
>
>
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