W3m

w3m
Developer(s)Akinori Ito et al.
Initial release1995
Stable release
0.5.3[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 15 January 2011
Preview release
v0.5.3+git20230121[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 21 January 2023
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemOS/2,[3][4] Unix & Unix-like (Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD and EWS-UX (EWS-4800),[5] Windows (with Cygwin), macOS (with Homebrew)
Available inEnglish and Japanese
TypeWeb browser, Terminal pager
LicenseMIT license
Websitew3m.sourceforge.net Edit this on Wikidata

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]

History

The name "w3m" stands for "WWW wo miru (WWWを見る)", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW", and where "W3" is a numeronym of "WWW".[8] The original project is no longer active, but an active version is being maintained by a different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita.[9]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. ^ "w3m Files".
  2. ^ "v0.5.3+git20230121".
  3. ^ TOKORO, Kyosuke. "w3m 0.2.1–3 for OS/2 WARP". Archived from the original on 4 May 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  4. ^ Watson, Dave (September 2001). "Text-Mode Web Browsers for OS/2". The Southern California OS/2 User Group. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  5. ^ w3m manual page
  6. ^ a b Rutland, David (2 November 2022). "The 3 Best Terminal-Based Web Browsers for Linux". MUO. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ Negus, Christopher (28 January 2005). Linux Bible. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7645-8974-4.
  8. ^ "W3M FAQ". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. ^ Das, Ankush (20 October 2020). "Best Terminal-based Web Browsers for Linux Users". It's FOSS. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b Hoffman, Chris (23 January 2012). "How to Browse From the Linux Terminal With W3M". How-To Geek. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  11. ^ "How to use the W3M text-based web browser on Linux". AddictiveTips. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ^ "EmacsWiki: w3m". www.emacswiki.org. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  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.