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+ Lynx README file
+
+Lynx Version 2.8.9 is the latest release (July 2018).
+See the CHANGES file for a complete record of all changes and bug fixes.
+New releases are announced on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below).
+
+FOR REAL NOVICES
+
+To use this package, you need a compiler & a bit of experience
+at very simple programming. If you just want something which will work
+`out-of-the-box', you can get pre-compiled versions of Lynx
+by following the links from
+ <URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/resources.html/> ;
+
+For DOS or Windows, go to
+ <URL: http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm>.
+
+WHAT IS LYNX?
+
+ Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running
+ cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices such as vt100 terminals,
+ vt100 emulators running on Windows 95/NT or Macintoshes, or any other
+ character-cell display. It will display Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
+ documents containing links to files on the local system, as well as files on
+ remote systems running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp, finger, or cso/ph/qi
+ servers, and services accessible via logins to telnet, tn3270 or rlogin
+ accounts. Current versions of Lynx run on Unix, VMS, Windows95
+ through Windows 8, 386DOS and OS/2 EMX.
+
+ Lynx can be used to access information on the WWW, or to establish
+ information systems intended primarily for local access. Lynx has been
+ used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS). Lynx can
+ also be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
+
+HOW TO GET LYNX
+
+ For the latest release of Lynx go to:
+ <URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/release>;
+ <URL: https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/tarballs>;
+
+ The latest development version is at:
+ <URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/>.
+
+ The Lynx homepage is <URL: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/>.
+ The on-line help page (enter `h') has links to many useful things.
+
+LICENSE
+
+ Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2)
+ without restrictions on usage or redistribution. The Lynx copyright
+ statement, "COPYHEADER", and GNU GPL, "COPYING", are included in the
+ top-level directory of the distribution. Lynx is supported by the Lynx
+ user community, an entirely volunteer (and unofficial) organization.
+
+ Certain portions of the Lynx source distribution were originally
+ created by CERN and have been modified during the development of
+ Lynx. See WWW/FreeofCharge.html for copyright info regarding CERN
+ products used in Lynx.
+
+ Note that Lynx is not self-contained; typically it is built with a
+ variety of add-on libraries, including those for compression, IPv6,
+ SOCKS and SSL support.
+
+YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
+
+ We believe Lynx works properly for the Year 2000 issues, since it does
+ not store dates in 2-digit form. Since it must communicate with a wide
+ range of web servers, it interprets dates in a variety of formats. In
+ particular, if Lynx receives a date with a 2-digit year, it assumes that
+ values less than 70 are in the range 2000-2069.
+
+INSTALLING LYNX
+
+ To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
+ located in the top directory of the source distribution.
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+
+ A users guide is included in this distribution along with a man page
+ for Unix systems and a help file for VMS systems. All documentation is
+ contained in the top directory and the docs, samples and lynx_help
+ subdirectories.
+
+ While running Lynx, type 'h', 'H', or '?' to invoke the help menu
+ system. From the help menu you may access several useful documents
+ pertaining to Lynx and the World Wide Web. The most important of
+ these is the Lynx Users Guide. By default, Lynx will use the Lynx
+ Enhanced Pages, which includes http links for help and FAQs concerning
+ Lynx. It is recommended that you install your own help menu system at
+ your site in order to lessen the load on http servers. This also will
+ allow you to customize the help menu system for your site and greatly
+ speed up access for those using Lynx over a slow connection.
+
+INSTALLING THE DOCUMENTATION
+
+ For Unix and related systems which support the autoconf configure script,
+ the help menu system is installed by the "make install-help" command.
+
+ For other systems (such as VMS), copy COPYHEADER and COPYING into the
+ lynx_help/ subdirectory. Then copy the lynx_help subdirectory to a public
+ place on your system, or into your $HOME directory if you are a single
+ user. Finally, edit the lynx.cfg file so that the HELPFILE line is
+ defined as follows:
+ HELPFILE:file://localhost/[public_path]/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
+
+ where [public_path] is the absolute path to the lynx_help directory.
+ Customizing the help menu system is just a matter of editing a set of
+ HTML files. Additional information about installing and customizing
+ the help file set is available at
+ <URL: http://www.irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp/lynxdev/README.help>.
+
+INSTALLING LYNX
+
+ To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
+ located in the top directory of the source distribution. Win32 users
+ who need pre-compiled distributions should visit the site
+ <URL: http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm>.
+
+PROBLEMS
+
+ If you experience problems configuring, compiling or installing Lynx,
+ please read Section VI. "General installation instructions" in the
+ INSTALLATION file. Instructions are given there for reporting your
+ problem to the "lynx-dev" mailing list, which is frequented by experienced
+ Lynx users.
+
+LYNX-DEV MAILING LIST
+
+ To subscribe to lynx-dev, send email to
+ <URL: mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org>
+ with "subscribe" for a subject line.
+
+ If you wish to unsubscribe from lynx-dev, send email to
+ <URL: mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org>
+ with "unsubscribe" for a subject line.
+
+ Any messages you wish to post should be sent to
+ <URL: mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org>.
+
+ PLEASE use the lynx-dev list, NOT private email to the developers,
+ for questions or discussion about Lynx, or contributions of patches.
+ Patches should use the unified diff format (diff -u).
+
+ You need not be subscribed to the lynx-dev list in order to post. If
+ you post without subscribing, though, you should read replies to your
+ questions or comments in the archive since more often than not nobody
+ will send a carbon copy to you. View the archives at:
+ "lynx-dev Mailing list archives"
+ <URL: http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev/>
+
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