diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.bin/lynx/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/lynx/README | 139 |
1 files changed, 139 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/README b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..acb937de19d --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/README @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ + + Lynx README file + +Lynx Version 2.8 is the latest "official" release. This release is based on +the lynx2.7.1ac-0.118 development code set, and includes bug fixes through +March 8, 1998. See the CHANGES2.8 file in the docs subdirectory for a complete +record of all changes and bug fixes in this release. New releases are +announced on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below). + + +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 PCs or Macs, 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/NT, 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. + + Links to the current sources and support materials for Lynx are + maintained at: + "Lynx links" + <URL:http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html> + and at the Lynx homepage: + "Lynx Information" + <URL:http://lynx.browser.org/>. + View these pages for information about Lynx, including new updates. + + Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) 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/Copyright.txt for copyright info regarding CERN + products used in Lynx. + +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. + +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. + + 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. + +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 majordomo@sig.net with only the + following message in the body: + + SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address + + where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained, + correctly, from the mail headers of your subscription request. + + If you wish to unsubscribe from lynx-dev, send email to majordomo@sig.net + with only the following message in the body: + + UNSUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address + + where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained, + correctly, from the mail headers of your request. + + Also, to get a list of useful majordomo commands, send email to + majordomo@sig.net with the following command: + ^^^^^^^^^ + HELP + + PLEASE!!! do not send commands to the lynx-dev mailing list itself. + + Any messages you wish to post should be sent to lynx-dev@sig.net. + 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 context diff format (diff -c). + + 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://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/> |