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Lynx README file
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Lynx Version 2.9.2 is the latest release (May 2024).
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See the CHANGES file for a complete record of all changes and bug fixes.
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New releases are announced on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below).
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FOR REAL NOVICES
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To use this package, you need a compiler & a bit of experience
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at very simple programming. If you just want something which will work
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`out-of-the-box', you can get pre-compiled versions of Lynx
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by following the links from
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<URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/resources.html/> ;
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WHAT IS LYNX?
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Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running
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cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices such as vt100 terminals,
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vt100 emulators or any other character-cell display.
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Lynx will display Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents containing
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links to files on the local system, as well as files on remote systems
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running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp, finger, or cso/ph/qi servers, and
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services accessible via logins to telnet, tn3270 or rlogin accounts.
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Lynx runs on any POSIX platform as well as Windows.
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Older releases also work with VMS, Windows95 (and up), 386DOS and OS/2 EMX.
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Lynx can be used to access information on the WWW, or to establish
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information systems intended primarily for local access. Lynx has been
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used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS). Lynx can
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also be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
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HOW TO GET LYNX
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For the latest release of Lynx go to:
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<URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/release>;
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<URL: https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/tarballs>;
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The latest development version is at:
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<URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/>.
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The Lynx homepage is <URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/>.
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The on-line help page (enter `h') has links to many useful things.
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LICENSE
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Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2)
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without restrictions on usage or redistribution. The Lynx copyright
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statement, "COPYHEADER", and GNU GPL, "COPYING", are included in the
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top-level directory of the distribution. Lynx is supported by the Lynx
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user community, an entirely volunteer (and unofficial) organization.
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Certain portions of the Lynx source distribution were originally
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created by CERN and have been modified during the development of
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Lynx. See WWW/FreeofCharge.html for copyright info regarding CERN
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products used in Lynx.
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Note that Lynx is not self-contained; typically it is built with a
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variety of add-on libraries, including those for compression, IPv6,
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SOCKS and SSL support.
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YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
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We believe Lynx works properly for the Year 2000 issues, since it does
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not store dates in 2-digit form. Since it must communicate with a wide
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range of web servers, it interprets dates in a variety of formats. In
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particular, if Lynx receives a date with a 2-digit year, it assumes that
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values less than 70 are in the range 2000-2069.
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INSTALLING LYNX
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To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
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located in the top directory of the source distribution.
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DOCUMENTATION
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A users guide is included in this distribution along with a man page
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for Unix systems and a help file for VMS systems. All documentation is
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contained in the top directory and the docs, samples and lynx_help
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subdirectories.
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While running Lynx, type 'h', 'H', or '?' to invoke the help menu
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system. From the help menu you may access several useful documents
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pertaining to Lynx and the World Wide Web. The most important of
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these is the Lynx Users Guide. By default, Lynx will use the Lynx
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Enhanced Pages, which includes http links for help and FAQs concerning
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Lynx. It is recommended that you install your own help menu system at
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your site in order to lessen the load on http servers. This also will
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allow you to customize the help menu system for your site and greatly
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speed up access for those using Lynx over a slow connection.
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INSTALLING THE DOCUMENTATION
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For Unix and related systems which support the autoconf configure script,
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the help menu system is installed by the "make install-help" command.
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For other systems (such as VMS), copy COPYHEADER and COPYING into the
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lynx_help/ subdirectory. Then copy the lynx_help subdirectory to a public
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place on your system, or into your $HOME directory if you are a single
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user. Finally, edit the lynx.cfg file so that the HELPFILE line is
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defined as follows:
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HELPFILE:file://localhost/[public_path]/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
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where [public_path] is the absolute path to the lynx_help directory.
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Customizing the help menu system is just a matter of editing a set of
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HTML files.
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INSTALLING LYNX
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To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
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located in the top directory of the source distribution.
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PROBLEMS
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If you experience problems configuring, compiling or installing Lynx,
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please read Section VI. "General installation instructions" in the
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INSTALLATION file. Instructions are given there for reporting your
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problem to the "lynx-dev" mailing list, which is frequented by experienced
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Lynx users.
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LYNX-DEV MAILING LIST
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To subscribe to lynx-dev, send email to
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<URL: mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org>
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with "subscribe" for a subject line.
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If you wish to unsubscribe from lynx-dev, send email to
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<URL: mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org>
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with "unsubscribe" for a subject line.
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Any messages you wish to post should be sent to
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<URL: mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org>.
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PLEASE use the lynx-dev list, NOT private email to the developers,
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for questions or discussion about Lynx, or contributions of patches.
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Patches should use the unified diff format (diff -u).
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You need not be subscribed to the lynx-dev list in order to post. If
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you post without subscribing, though, you should read replies to your
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questions or comments in the archive since more often than not nobody
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will send a carbon copy to you. View the archives at:
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"lynx-dev Mailing list archives"
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<URL: https://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev/>
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-- vile:txtmode fc=72 noti
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-- $LynxId: README,v 1.39 2024/05/29 22:33:17 tom Exp $
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