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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 Move up a level in the current url path. /mydir/mysubdir/myfile.txt would become /mydir/mysubdir/,
and so on.
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 h LINE COMMAND is
issued. This should be a valid url. If a scheme/protocol is not included, gopher will be assumed.
maxwidth
The number of characters at which lines should be wrapped. If this is bigger than the available
terminal width, the full width of the terminal will be used. If a non-integer or an integer less
than 10 is given, a default value will be used.
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, and 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)