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File: //proc/self/root/usr/share/doc/elinks-data/examples/TIPS-AND-TRICKS
Following are user contributed tips and tricks:



Poor Man's screen(1) ~or~ "relinks":

This will start ELinks on a *new* console if it is not already running, or open
the specified URL (if any) in a new tab in the running instance.  Save this
script as "relinks" or something.  Written by Russ, quoting fixed by Miciah.

	#!/bin/sh

	elinks -remote ping\(\) 2>/dev/null \
		&& elinks -remote openURL\(${1:+"${1}"},new-tab\) \
		&& exit 0
	openvt -sw -- elinks ${1:+"${1}"} &
	deallocvt