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2006 experimental version, which I configured to compile for both curses 
and ncurses but ldd says they both need ncurses (and libgpm because the 
slackware ncurses was compiled to require it, but I cannot get gpm to 
activate a link in retawq).  Can in theory be compiled to work with an 
external program.

Said to accept cookies if you put them in the config file but I don't have 
that working.


I will post a package.  160K executable and lots of documentation.
The dependencies (other than libc) total about 800K - mostly for 
libpthread.  It can be compiled not to use that.


Comparison of text browsers arranged by size:
		tables  persistent cookies  ssl    RAM 
retawq    160K  no      ?                    no   1M
w3m (old) 300K  yes     ?                    no   1M
links123-ssl 1.3M yes    ?                   yes  1M 
elinks    1.6M  yes    yes                   no?  2.5M
lynx 2.8.64 1.8M no     no?                  yes  1.5M
(uclibc static - would be much smaller otherwise)
links2    3.5M   yes    no?                 yes   1.5M

You can tell there is no SSL support because fastmail detects its absence 
and does not let you click on secure login (but you can log in 
insecurely).  Maybe elinks can be compiled with SSL support.
Not retawq.

I tested all of these on two sites and elinks takes TWICE as long to load 
them as well as using more memory.  But I got persistent cookies to work.
You can choose from about 30 color schemes, most of which are 
unreadable on a dim LCD monitor.  (mono-green is okay).

w3m waits for the full download before it displays anything.

The linkses all do frames.  Don't know about w3m.

The main advantage I see to retawq is the legibility - red links and white 
on black otherwise.   If I can get cookies to work it would be good in an 
email machine.



Sindi Keesan