LYNX-DEV Re: Thank you for developing DJGPP version of lynx 2.7

[Wayne Buttles]

On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Jason White wrote:

> Thank you for your effort in developing the DJGPP version of lynx 2.7. 

DJ Delorie (sp) the author of the djgpp compiler did the original port to
Lynx2.6.  I just expanded on his work when I did my Win32 port.  Much of
the credit goes to him since I used all his good parts :-)

> One problem that I noticed with the DJGPP version of lynx, which I
> installed on one of the university's PC's (which has speech and braille
> devices attached) is that lynx prompts for a terminal type when first
> executed.  This should not be necessary, since the concept of a
> "terminal type" has little, if any, application in the DOS environment.

This was left "just in case."  It is possible that altering that value may
impact what you see in the future even with a DOS version.  In any case,
you can avoid the message simply by doing a "SET TERM=vt100" before
running Lynx.

> Also, the addition of support for ftp, mail and telnet
> URL's etc., would be much appreciated; I am sure that you are planning
> to include these facilities as time permits. 
> 

I am looking into ftp and news now.  They actually do connect but freeze
after that.  I think something can be done to fix that.

telnet and mail are external programs.  I haven't resolved those yet
completely within Lynx, but even after I do we still need working versions
of telnet and sendmail.  The djgpp version will actually run a telnet
within your path, but it will hang afterward.  The Win32 version says it
isn't compiled with telnet support--that would be a config error on my
part and it should work as soon as I find the right compile option.

I am assuming that things will be working better by the time the next
official version comes out.

WAyne

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