Re: lynx-dev New DOS makefile needed for libwww.a

[Doug Kaufman]

On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, I wrote:

> is used. The current file works only for PDCurses. The following
> makefile works for Slang. I would recommend its inclusion in the
> distribution in addition to the makefile currently in the djgpp
> subdirectory.
> 
> lynx2-8-2/WWW/Library/djgpp/makefile.sla

Here is a patch for the INSTALLATION file to cover the new Slang
makefile for DOS.
                                 Doug

*** lynx2-8-2/INSTALLATION      Sat Dec 12 20:10:36 1998
--- lynx2-8-2/INSTALLATION.new  Sun Dec 20 21:54:16 1998
***************
*** 648,667 ****
      directory, or in the appropriate directories specified by LIBRARY_PATH
      and INCLUDE_PATH in your DJGPP.ENV file.
  
!     Move to the "lynx2-*/WWW/Library/djgpp" directory and do "make". This
!     should compile libwww.a.  Next move to the "lynx2-*/src/chrtrans"
!     directory and do "make -f makefile.dos" to compile the character tables.
!     Then move to the "lynx2-*/src" directory.  There are three choices for
!     compiling at this point.  You can do "make -f makefile.dos" to compile
!     with PDCurses, "make -f makefile.wsl" to compile with SLANG, or
!     "make -f makefile.dsl" to compile with SLANG and the DJGPP keyhandler.
!     At the time of this writing, it is not clear what the advantages and
!     disadvantages of each version are.  The PDCurses version has the most
!     experience and allows remapping of ALT and Function keys.  The SLANG
!     version seems to have better screen handling.  It allows mapping of
!     function keys, but not ALT keys.  The SLANG with DJGPP keyhandler allows
!     mapping of ALT and Function keys, but has the risk of incompatibilities
!     from mixing different programs.
  
      If all goes well, you will have a lynx.exe file.  If you have trouble,
      check to be sure djgpp.env is the way it came in the original package.
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      directory, or in the appropriate directories specified by LIBRARY_PATH
      and INCLUDE_PATH in your DJGPP.ENV file.
  
!     Move to the "lynx2-*/WWW/Library/djgpp" directory. If compiling with
!     PDCurses, do "make". If using SLANG, do "make -f makefile.sla". This
!     should compile libwww.a. Next move to the "lynx2-*/src/chrtrans"
!     directory and do "make -f makefile.dos" to compile the character
!     tables. Then move to the "lynx2-*/src" directory. There are
!     three choices for compiling at this point. You can do 
!     "make -f makefile.dos" to compile with PDCurses, "make -f makefile.wsl" 
!     to compile with SLANG, or "make -f makefile.dsl" to compile with SLANG
!     and the DJGPP keyhandler. At the time of this writing, it is not
!     clear what the advantages and disadvantages of each version are. The
!     PDCurses version has the most experience and allows remapping of ALT
!     and Function keys. The SLANG version seems to have better screen
!     handling. It allows mapping of function keys, but not ALT keys.
!     The SLANG with DJGPP keyhandler allows mapping of ALT and Function
!     keys, but has the risk of incompatibilities from mixing different
!     programs.
  
      If all goes well, you will have a lynx.exe file.  If you have trouble,
      check to be sure djgpp.env is the way it came in the original package.
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