Lynx is a text based web browser. Win95/98/NT Lynx Installation Instructions (pre-compiled format): Follow these simple instructions to get Lynx to work in Windows 95/98/NT: 1) Make certain that your "lynx_w32" folder is on your hard drive, probably the "C:" drive, and not within another directory. (C:\lynx_w32\) 2) Open Notepad. Notepad is a text editor program in Windows, normally found on the "Start" menu under "Accessories". If you do not know where it is, use the "Find File" option from the Start menu. If you are still unable to find it, use another word processor instead, making sure to save the file as plain text, "word processors" being prone to add formatting stuff. (but chances are that you do have Notepad). 3) Select "Open..." from the File menu. The "Open" window will appear. In this window there is a pop up menu entitled: "Files of type:". From that pop up menu, change "Text Documents" to "All Files (*.*)". 4) In the "Open" window, navigate to your "lynx_w32" folder (remember, it should be in your C: drive!). Now got to into the "samples" folder, which is within the "lynx_w32" folder. Open the file "Lynx.bat" (it is in the "samples" folder; C:\lynx_w32\samples\Lynx.bat). The following text should appear: @ECHO OFF set term=vt100 set home=d:\win32 set temp=d:\tmp set lynx_cfg=d:\win32\lynx.cfg d:\win32\lynx.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 Change the all the drive letters to the drive where you have Lynx. This is most likely "C:", but may be "D:" or "E:" or whatever. Change the directory names from win32 to where you have put Lynx. Like this: @ECHO OFF set term=vt100 set home=c:\lynx_w32 set temp=c:\tmp set lynx_cfg=c:\lynx_w32\lynx.cfg c:\lynx_w32\lynx.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 Once you have made those changes, save the document as "C:\lynx_w32\lynx.bat". Close Notepad. 5) Create a Shortcut to "lynx.bat" (C:\lynx_w32\lynx.bat) by doing "Right-Click => New => Shortcut" on your desktop. Double click this shortcut and Lynx will begin to load. Once you have a shortcut to a batch file that runs lynx.exe, you can then modify the properties of that shortcut to allow pasting by going to Misc->Other->Fast (Win98: Properties->Misc->FastPasting) pasting and turning it off. Happy browsing! These installation instructions were done by Scythe_X. Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 16:09:48 PDT From: Scythe X Additional recommendations from Doug Kaufman: 1. Make a shortcut to your lynx.bat file (via right-click), and put this either in your START menu or your desktop. 2. Change the properties of the shortcut to start with environment memory of 4096, rather than the default (right click, then properties). 3. Don't put lynx in a directory where the long name is different from the short (DOS) name, unless you are quite careful with the paths in your batch file. ======================================================================== Lynx distribution Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License, which is included in both the source and executable distributions. See the file named "COPYING" for the complete text. Copyrights held by the University of Kansas, CERN, and other contributors. ======================================================================== [ leftover text from older readmes follows ] originally from http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/wlynx/ newer borland builds from http://www.jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/ readme.txt This message. lynx_w32.zip A compiled Win32 Lynx.exe, lynx.cfg, mv.exe along with some config info. The 2-8-3pre1 version was compiled using Borland C++Builder. The formerly included sendmail.exe has been set aside. Here if you need it other URLs as available; http://jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/SENDMAIL.TXT http://jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/SENDMAIL.EXE This version differs from Wayne Buttles 2-8-2 release in that it includes some patches created by Hiroyuki Senshu. Full sources are available on http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/current/ and its mirrors. I changed src/LYLocal.c (_creat) and LYStrings (used old version) to get this version to compile. For pre1, I've udpated the lynx.cfg file to the latest one. Oh yeah, and the help files too. To compile this program yourself, you should read the INSTALLATION file, and one or more of makelynx.bat (for MingW32), makefile.bcb (for Borland), or makefile.msc (for Microsoft). The Win32 version will work on Win95/8 or WinNT using the standard winsock. Win3.11 will NOT work -- not even with win32s and wolverine installed. This is a console application meaning that it appears to run in a DOS box within Windows, but it accesses the Windows network layer and other kernel functions directly. If you want to run helper apps then they *may* need to be in your path. I haven't tested this much yet. lynx uses cp.exe to make a copy of a temp file when you download and then choose a destination. Don't delete it. It works best when put in your PATH. [ No longer needed, but here if you need a copy for whatever ]. http://jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/CP.EXE [ and MV.EXE as well ] This version uses BLOCKING lookups and connects. I wasn't ready to butcher the code to install non-blocking calls yet. The Win32 version should now at least have non-blocking lookups. This is NOT guaranteed to be a secure client. Don't just slap it on an NT server or DOS BBS and open it up to the public without testing it!!! File access looks like this: file:///c:/ file:///c:/dos file:///c:/dos/command.com Here are some useful environment variables which you should set up in a lynx.bat file: HOME Where to keep the bookmark file and personal config files. TEMP or TMP Bookmarks are kept here with no HOME. Temp files here. USER Tells Lynx you are real instead of an anonymous user(?) LYNX_CFG Where to find the lynx.cfg. Look in SAMPLES for an idea on how to create a good lynx.bat. 43 line mode works fine in the Win32 version as long as you start it that way. I am sure there will be questions, opinions, flames...they should ALL be sent to lynx-dev@sig.net since this is a real port. If you are not subscribed to lynx-dev then you can read responses from the web archive at http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/. Happy browsing, Wayne ... and Jim (et al) ---------------------------- See http://lynx.browser.org/ ----------------------------