Kind of like Greasemonkey, but for elinks and in Python.
$ git clone https://github.com/AdrianVollmer/elinks-hooks.git
$ ln -s $(pwd)/elinks-hooks/elinks_hooks ~/.config/elinks/
$ echo 'from elinks_hooks import * # noqa' > ~/.config/elinks/hooks.pyNote: elinks must be compiled with the Python scripting feature
(./configure --with-python). You can check with elinks --version | grep Python.
Place rules in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/elinks_hooks/. File names must end in
.yml and contain YAML. By default, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is ~/.config.
I read my RSS feeds in my terminal using newsboat. Some feeds only show the introduction instead of the full article, while other blogs frequently link to news articles. Sometimes I also read Hacker News using newsboat, which clearly links to lots of news articles and blogs linking to news articles.
When I want to read the full feed entry or news article, I use elinks to quickly open the page. Since the sites are optimized to be read with a full GUI browser, one sees lots of superflous HTML elements. This collection of scripts allows me to display just the meat of the article, or redirect twitter URLs to Nitter, etc.
As a side effect, pretty much all ads and other distractions are filtered.
Copyright Adrian Vollmer, 2023. MIT Licensed.