This page describes how to make lynx
render local XHTML files (files with .xhtml
extension). This
might be useful, for example, if you want to read documentation in XHTML
saved on the disk. Unfortunately current version of lynx (2.8.4 at the
time this is written) does not support XHTML yet, so it will only be able
to render HTML compatible
XHTML.
Also you may find that lynx can already handle XHTML files for you. This is
due to the fact that older /etc/mime.types
file does not define
proper file extensions for
application/xhtml+xml
mime type. Once you upgrade your
mime.types
things will most likely break.
In essence, the idea of making lynx render .xhtml
files boils
down to overriding correct mapping in /etc/mime.types
that
looks something like this:
application/xhtml+xml xhtml
with incorrect that looks like this
text/html xhtml
It is not such a good idea to do it in /etc/mime.types
because
it will affect other users and applications (like apache). A better solution
would be to override it in your ~/.lynx.conf
:
# .lynx.conf # # Include default configuration file. Note that you may # need to adjust path according to your installation. # INCLUDE:/etc/lynx.cfg # Make lynx treat .xhtml files like .html . # SUFFIX_ORDER:PRECEDENCE_HERE SUFFIX:.xhtml:text/html
Also you will need to add something like this to your
.bash_login
or .profile
:
# Lynx configuration file. # export LYNX_CFG=~/.lynx.conf
You can save this page and use it as a test for your new lynx configuration.
Note, however, that this method won't help you in accessing XHTML page on the
web that are served as application/xhtml+xml
. There is no easy
fix for this problem. Of course one can always implement XHTML support in
lynx. The other solutions requires tricky content negotiation between user
agent (lynx in our case) and web server (that's what the server from which
you are viewing this page does).