LYNX-DEV http programming

[bburgess]

Well, I might get shot down in hot flames for asking this, but,
lynx is a super browser.  I am very interested in writing a browser 
myself.  Possibly with svgalib support.  Possibly under djgpp.  But I 
would like to write a simple graphical browser without so many bells 
and whistles as the normal ones, that is smaller than a meg.  I have 
looked at the code to lynx, but it has certainly grown since I first 
saw it many years ago.  Can anyone help me with info as to a location 
for a library that can request html documents and images that 
wouldn't be too complicated.  I am a C programmer, so it doesn't have 
to be that simple.  Just something that would get me started so that 
looking at lynx code wouldn't be so overwhelming.  Any help is 
greatly appreciated.  And my resulting code will of course have the 
general public license on it.
Dont get me wrong, lynx is super.  I wouldn't mind helping to create 
a svgalib version of it if such a thing were ever desired.  Lynx 
kicks ass.  I would just like to make my own contribution in this 
world of 8+meg browsers.