Elinks config

With Vim like keybindings

elinks-search script

A quick command line tool for quickly searching the web using Elinks

Example of the color scheme when using DuckDuckGo

Example of the color scheme when using Google

elinks-search script

NOTE: The color scheme isn't the same in this config as it is in that gif.
Look up something from the command line and open the search result in Elinks
E.g. elinks-search how big is the moon
For more information, type ./elinks-search --help

How to Play Videos Using MPV

NOTE: Playing videos or copying urls from duckduckgo.com/lite (default) doesn't seem to work at the moment You can still use DDG to search. After clicking on a link, then you can play the video.

How To:

• Go to a video link and press "y"
• Then select "play-video"
• The video looks choppy because its a GIF.

(Optional) Dependencies

You don't need these applications for Elinks to work. Elinks will just use whatever the default program is on your computer to view files.
If you plan on doing this, then get rid of anything pertaining to "MIME" in the elinks.conf file.
If you have specific programs you'd like to run, then just change the programs there.
For example, you can change set mime.handler image_viewer.unix.program = "qiv -w 500 %" to be okular
Okular would be able to display both PDFs and Images

1. elinks
2. PDF & EPUB Viewer
   • zathura (Vim like bindings)
   • zathura-pdf-mupdf
3. Image Viewer
   • qiv

Regular Install (Config + elinks-search script + automatic setup)

Note: You can change the shell (.bashrc -> .zshrc) and alias (www -> something-shorter)
git clone https://github.com/Tylryan/elinks-config.git ~/.elinks && cp ~/.elinks/elinks-search /usr/bin/ && echo "www='/usr/bin/elinks-search'" >> ~/.bashrc

Install the config WITHOUT the elinks-search script

git clone https://github.com/Tylryan/elinks-config.git ~/.elinks && elinks

Manually install of everything

• git clone https://github.com/Tylryan/elinks-config.git .elinks
• Put .elinks in your home directory
• Put the elinks-search bash script wherever your other Binaries are located.
  • echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n'
• Alias elinks-search to something shorter, like www
  • echo "alias www=path/to/elinks-search >> ~/.bashrc"