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W3m
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w3m is a free and open source text-based web browser licensed under the MIT license. It differs from other very early text-based browsers by supporting elements such as tables, frames, and images.[6][7]

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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(WWWを見る)", which is Japanese for "to see the WWW", and where "W3" is a numeronym of "WWW".[8] The original project is no longer active. A different developer, Tatsuya Kinoshita, was maintaining a fork until early 2024.[9] Unfortunately Tatsuya (aka tats) was determined to be MIA in July of 2024. [10] Thus a new fork, which is actively maintained, is at sourcehut.[11]

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Functions

w3m runs in terminal emulator programs such as xterm and GNOME Terminal.[12] The browser has tabbed browsing, right click menus, and image support,[12] 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.[13]

w3m can be used within Emacs.[14]

Some distributions require the installation of a second package, w3m-img, to render images using w3m.[15]

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References

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