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Re: lynx-dev Help for a total newbie
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Mada |
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Re: lynx-dev Help for a total newbie |
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Thu, 10 Dec 1998 11:25:17 -0800 |
Hello,
Thanks very much for your help, especially to Lloyd Rasmussen -- I
have taken your advice and will download from the source w/the
precompiled version - somehow I downloaded the more advanced
'source code'. I will have many questions in the future - I will
try not to become a bother and would like to give everyone my
thanks.
-Mada
At 09:55 AM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Are you trying to install from source code, as you would find from
>slcc.edu, or are you working with a precompiled lynx.exe from a
>place
>like www.fdisk.com/lynxport ? For newbies, the second is the
better
>option. The batch file which comes with Lynx_32 assumes some paths
>that are probably not correct on your computer. I think you could
>get
>started by going to a DOS box, changing directories to where
>Lynx.exe
>exists (probably lynx_32), then running Lynx. When you first
>install
>Lynx from lynx_32.zip, you should let the ZIP extractor program
>create
>subdirectories under the Lynx_32 directory. You will soon want to
>change the
> startfile: option in lynx.cfg to point to home page you will
>frequently use, I start from a bookmark file previously created
>with
>other versions of Lynx on other computers. Doing it that way, I
>don't have to have dial-up networking dial out until I really need
>something.
>
>I'm sure you will have more questions. Please write back; I use
>Lynx_32 because it works very well with screen reading programs and
>speech synthesizers for DOS.
>
>On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 17:06:16 -0800,
>Mada <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm hoping some of you that are more experienced w/this can help me
>>out - I am trying to install Lynx on my computer w/ OSR2. It has me
>>baffled. I cannot seem to understand the doc's included with the
>>archive, although I have tried over and over. Is there a simple
>>tutorial on the web for newbies like myself? I find most of what
>>goes on here to be way over my head.
>>
>>Thanks for your patience,
>>Mada
>
>-- Lloyd Rasmussen
>Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering Section
>National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
>Library of Congress 202-707-0535
>(work) address@hidden http://www.loc.gov/nls/
>(home) address@hidden http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/lras/
>