DSL Tips and Tricks :: Small Howto for Netrik internet browser



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IMHO netrik doesn't seem to be doing what it says on the tin.

Which version of DSL are you using? If you're using 4+, you can set this up in a shell wrapper so it opens netrik in aterm to whatever page(s) you want. As far as it not working as advertised, you might want to take a look again at your netrikrc. I haven't tried this myself, but I'm willing to bet you two doughnuts that fixing the link by leaving the "file://///////" part out MIGHT make it work right.

EDIT --
from:
file:///home/dsl/.netrik/bookmarks.html

to:
/home/dsl/.netrik/bookmarks.html

SAMPLE SHELL WRAPPER
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#!/bin/bash
aterm -T nameofsite -e netrik /path/to/link

OR
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#!/bin/bash
aterm -T nameofsite -e netrik URI


Then chmod +x, set an icon using the dfmtext tool. Click, voila. If you're not using 4+, you can add menu entries, add buttons in emelfm,  make a quick gui launcher for websites with murgalua, etc.
I have found Netrik is an OK text browser. Many keybindings are similar to Lynx, which I use more often.
The only thing that I don't like in it, is it's inability to download files. When you follow a file link, it just displays it, aka garbage with binaries :(
Hi lucky13

Tried removing "file:///" but it didn't work. Hold the doughnuts though as I'm dieting.

I'm using 4.2.4. Setting up a shell wrapper and an icon sounds a good idea but at this stage of my LLC (Linux learning curve) I need more detailed how-to level instructions. For instance entering "!/bin/bash" in a terminal is a no-no so the next line can't be entered . Probably best to wait for my Linux primer to arrive from Amazon.
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Hold the doughnuts though as I'm dieting.

It worked perfectly fine for me when I did it.

I don't know which book you've ordered, but the DSL Book was written pre-DSL 4.

More pedantic shell wrapper how to...
1. Open dfm to /opt/bin (you can do this anywhere, but it's a good idea to put these kinds of things in one place; my preference is some place in PATH so it can be executed on the fly).
2. Right click and select the to option to create a new file. Give it a name and hit enter.
3. You may have to hit refresh when you right click to see the new icon for the empty file you just created. When you can see it, double click and it should open in your default editor (which is most likely beaver).
4. Enter the text with an appropriate HTML document for netrik to open.
5. Save and exit.
6. In dfm, right click over the icon and select options. There is a list of permissions near the bottom of the window that will open. You want to click the box for user (optionally also group) to execute. Hit save and then exit.
7. Now you can use that icon to open netrik with whichever HTML document you want. You can make links to it on your desktop, you can do whatever you need with it.
8. You can change the icon to suit your own desires with either the same options dialog or with the dfmtext editor in your menu.

Let me know if you need any clarification with any of these steps.
Quote (curaga @ Feb. 07 2008,01:55)
I have found Netrik is an OK text browser. Many keybindings are similar to Lynx, which I use more often.
The only thing that I don't like in it, is it's inability to download files. When you follow a file link, it just displays it, aka garbage with binaries :(

hmm....I tried it and it's pretty bad (at least the default version loaded with "netrik <site>"  gets a lot of "can't read data" errors (or something to that effect) when you click on links. Works well for their own site, "netrik http://netrik.sourceforge.net//?intro.html" though, if only web developers used that format.
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