bro | URI-based multiplexer |
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README
1 * BRO is the standard web browser. *
2 (very much a work-in-progress still. Development continues!)
3
4 The program, bro, is a simple URI-based multiplexer.
5 It takes in urls, and decides how to retrieve and
6 view them based on the url's protocol and the type
7 of the resultant file. For now, it only supports the
8 http(s) and gopher protocols and html, gph, and
9 plaintext file types. See the TODO.
10
11 By default, bro uses:
12 - [wget](http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/): GNU http(s) client
13 - [hurl](http://git.codemadness.org/hurl/files.html): Basic gopher client
14 - [lwl](http://git.y1.nz/lwl/files.html): aka "less with links".
15 - [digest-html](git.y1.nz/digest-html/files.html) html-to-plaintext-with-links converter.
16 - [digest-gopher](git.y1.nz/digest-html/files.html) gopher-to-plaintext-with-links converter.
17 This is the minimum set of components needed to make a
18 functional web browser. It easy to update the configuration
19 to include other features, for example to add support for
20 protocols other than http(s).
21
22 Build:
23 First, update config.mk and config.h to match your system &
24 preferences. Then, run "make" to build, and then "make
25 install" with the necessary priveleges to install. There
26 are no build dependencies, but it does rely on other programs
27 existing on your system.
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