MAN PAGE - BOMBADILLO (gemtext version)

NAME

bombadillo - a non-web browser

SYNOPSIS

bombadillo [ options ] [ url ]

DESCRIPTION

bombadillo is a non-web browser for the terminal. It features a full terminal user

interface, vim-like keybindings, document pager, configurable settings, and a robust

command selection.

bombadillo supports the following protocols as first class citizens: gopher, gemini,

finger, and local (a user’s file system). Support for telnet, http and https is also

available via integration with third party applications.

OPTIONS

-h Display usage help and exit. Provides a list of all command line options with a

short description and exits.

-t Set the window title to 'Bombadillo'. Can be used in a GUI environment, however not

all terminals support this feature.

-v Display version information and exit.

PROTOCOL SUPPORT

All of the below protocols are supported. With the exception of gopher, the protocol name

must be present as the scheme component of a url in the form of [protocol]://[the rest of

the url] .

gopher Gopher is the default protocol for bombadillo . Any textual item types will be

visited and shown to the user and any non-text types will be downloaded. Type 7

(querying) is fully supported. As the default protocol, any url that is not

prefixed with the scheme section of a url ( gopher:// for example) will be treated

as gopher urls.

gemini Gemini is supported, but as a new protocol with an incomplete specification,

features may change over time. At present Bombadillo supports TLS with a trust on

first use certificate pinning system (similar to SSH). Gemini maps and other text

types are rendered in the browser and non-text types will be downloaded.

finger Basic support is provided for the finger protocol. The format is:

finger://[[username@]][hostname] . Many servers still support finger and it can be

fun to see if friends are online or read about the users whose phlogs you follow.

local Local is similar to the file protocol used in web browsers or the like, with a

smaller set of features. Users can use the local scheme to view files on their

local system. Directories are supported as viewable text object as well as any

files. Wildcards and globbing are not supported. Using ~ to represent a user's home

directory, as well as relative paths, are supported. The color theme has no effect

on this protocol and all terminal escape sequences will be rendered to the screen

literally.

telnet Telnet is not supported directly, but addresses will be followed and opened as a

subprocess by whatever telnet client a user sets in their settings (defaulting to

telnet ). In some cases this behavior may be buggy.

http, https

Neither of the world wide web protocols are supported directly. bombadillo can be

configured to open web links in a user's default graphical web browser. It is also

possible to display web content directly in bombadillo using lynx, w3m, or elinks

terminal web browsers to render pages. Opening http/https links is opt-in only,

controlled by the webmode setting.

Opening links in a default graphical web browser will only work in a GUI

environment.

Displaying web content directly in bombadillo requires lynx, w3m or elinks terminal

web browsers are installed on the system.

COMMANDS

KEY COMMANDS

These commands work as a single keypress anytime bombadillo is not taking in a line based

command or when the user is being prompted for action. This is the default command mode of

bombadillo .

b, h Navigate back one place in your document history.

B Toggle the bookmarks panel open/closed.

d Scroll down an amount corresponding to 75% of your terminal window height in the

current document.

f, l Navigate forward one place in your document history.

g Scroll to the top of the current document.

G Scroll to the bottom of the current document.

j Scroll down a single line in the current document.

k Scroll up a single line.

n Jump to next found text item.

N Jump to previous found text item.

q Quit bombadillo .

R Reload the current page (does not destroy forward history).

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0

Quick navigation to the first 10 links on a page. The 0 key will navigate to the

link numbered '10', all other numbers navigate to their matching link number.

u Scroll up an amount corresponding to 75% of your terminal window height in the

current document.

/ Search for text within current document. / followed by a text query will highlight

and allow navigation of found text. / with an empty query will clear the current

query.

<tab> Toggle the scroll focus between the bookmarks panel and the document panel. Only

has an effect if the bookmarks panel is open.

<spc> Enter line command mode. Once a line command is input, the mode will automatically

revert to key command mode.

: Alias for <spc>. Enter line command mode.

LINE COMMANDS

These commands are typed in by the user to perform an action of some sort. As listed in

KEY COMMANDS, this mode is initiated by pressing : or <space>. The command names

themselves are not case sensitive, though the arguments supplied to them may be.

[url] Navigates to the requested url.

[link id]

Follows a link on the current document with the given number.

add [url] [name...]

Adds the url as a bookmarks labeled by name. a can be used instead of the full add .

add [link id] [name...]

Adds the url represented by the link id within the current document as a bookmark

labeled by name. a can be used instead of the full add .

add . [name...]

Adds the current document's url as a bookmark labeled by name. a can be used

instead of the full add .

bookmarks

Toggles the bookmarks panel open/closed. Alias for KEY COMMAND B . b can be used

instead of the full bookmarks .

bookmarks [bookmark id]

Navigates to the url represented by the bookmark matching bookmark id. b can be

entered, rather than the full bookmarks .

check [link id]

Displays the url corresponding to a given link id for the current document. c can

be used instead of the full check .

check [setting name]

Displays the current value for a given configuration setting. c can be used instead

of the full check .

delete [bookmark id]

Deletes the bookmark matching the bookmark id. d can be used instead of the full

delete .

help Navigates to the gopher based help page for bombadillo . ? can be used instead of

the full help .

home Navigates to the document set by the homeurl setting. h can be entered, rather than

the full home .

jump Navigates to the previous page in history from the current page. Useful for keeping

the current page in your history while still browsing. j can be used instead of the

full jump .

jump [history location]

Navigates to the given history location. The history location should be an integer

between 0 and 20. j can be used instead of the full jump .

purge *

Deletes all pinned gemini server certificates. p can be used instead of the full

purge .

purge [host name]

Deletes the pinned gemini server certificate for the given hostname. p can be used

instead of the full purge .

quit Quits bombadillo . Alias for KEY COMMAND q . q can be used instead of the full quit .

reload Requests the current document from the server again. This does not break forward

history the way entering the url again would. r can be used instead of the full

reload .

search Queries the user for search terms and submits a search to the search engine set by

the searchengine setting.

search [keywords...]

Submits a search to the search engine set by the searchengine setting, with the

query being the provided keyword(s).

set [setting name] [value]

Sets the value for a given configuration setting. s can be used instead of the full

set .

version

Shows the current Bombadillo version number.

write .

Writes the current document to a file. The file is named by the last component of

the url path. If the last component is blank or / a default name will be used. The

file saves to the directory set by the savelocation setting. w can be entered

rather than the full write .

write [url]

Writes data from a given url to a file. The file is named by the last component of

the url path. If the last component is blank or / a default name will be used. The

file saves to the directory set by the savelocation setting. w can be entered

rather than the full write .

write [link id]

Writes data from a given link id in the current document to a file. The file is

named by the last component of the url path. If the last component is blank or / a

default name will be used. The file saves to the directory set by the savelocation

setting. w can be entered rather than the full write .

FILES

bombadillo keeps a hidden configuration file in a user's XDG configuration directory. The

file is a simplified ini file titled .bombadillo.ini . It is generated when a user first

loads bombadillo and is updated with bookmarks and settings as a user adds them. The file

can be directly edited, but it is best to use the SET command to update settings whenever

possible. To return to the state of a fresh install, simply remove the file and a new one

will be generated with the bombadillo defaults. On some systems an administrator may set

the configuration file location to somewhere other than the default setting. If you do not

see the file where you expect it, or if your settings are not being read, try :check

configlocation to see where the file should be, or contact your system administrator for

more information.

SETTINGS

The following is a list of the settings that bombadillo recognizes, as well as a

description of their valid values.

configlocation

The path to the directory that the .bombadillo.ini configuration file is stored in.

This is a read only setting and cannot be changed with the set command, but it can be read with the check command.

defaultscheme

The scheme that should be used when no scheme is present in a given URL. gopher, gemini, http, and https are valid values.

geminiblocks

Determines how to treat preformatted text blocks in text/gemini documents.

block

will show the contents of the block,

alt

will show any available alt text for the block,

both

will show both the content and the alt text, and

neither

will show neither. Unlike other settings, a change to this value will require a fresh page load to see the change.

homeurl

The url that bombadillo navigates to when the program loads or when the home or hnLINE COMMAND is issued. This should be a valid url. If a scheme/protocol is not included, gopher will be assumed.

savelocation

The path to the directory that bombadillo should write files to. This must be a valid filepath for the system, must be a directory, and must already exist.

searchengine

The url to use for the LINE COMMAND search. Should be a valid search path that terms may be appended to.

telnetcommand

Tells the browser what command to use to start a telnet session. Should be a valid command, including any flags. The address being navigated to will be added to the end of the command.

theme

Can toggle between visual modes. Valid values are

normal, color, inverse

When set to inverse, the normal mode colors are inverted. Both normal and inverse modes filter out terminal escape sequences. When set to color, Bombadillo will render terminal escape sequences representing colors when it finds them in documents.

timeout

The number of seconds after which connections to gopher or gemini servers should time out if the server has not responded.

webmode

Controls behavior when following web links. The following values are valid: none will disable following web links, gui will have the browser attempt to open web links in a user's default graphical web browser; lynx , w3m , and elinks will have the browser attempt to use the selected terminal web browser to handle the rendering of web pages and will display the pages directly in Bombadillo.

BUGS

There are very likely bugs. Many known bugs can be found in the issues section of

bombadillo 's source code repository (see links ).

LINKS

bombadillo maintains a presence in the following locations:

Source Code Repository

https://tildegit.org/sloum/bombadillo

Web Homepage

http://bombadillo.colorfield.space

Gopher Homepage

gopher://bombadillo.colorfield.space

AUTHORS

bombadillo was primarily developed by sloum, with kind and patient assistance from ~asdf

and jboverf.

27 OCT 2019 bombadillo (1)

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