Re: lynx-dev help for real novices

[Philip Webb]

990120 Larry Virden wrote: 
> If you write the README words, I will try to take those words
> and locate the person responsible for the HTML page.
 
as you have no doubt seen, we had a second such inquiry today.
below is a patch for README, which i hope will be applied
to the README in 2-8-1rel.2 & (with 1st line changed) 2-8-2dev.15 ;
if you can get it included somewhere else, so much the better.

*** README      Wed Mar 18 05:07:14 1998
--- readme.d1   Thu Jan 21 01:15:47 1999
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*** 1,12 ****
- 
                               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 10, 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?
  
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                               Lynx README file
  
! Lynx Version 2.8.1 is the latest release (October 1998).
! See the CHANGES file for a complete record of all changes and bug fixes.
! New releases are announced on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below). 
! 
! FOR REAL NOVICES
! 
! To use this package, you need a compiler & a bit of experience
! at very simple programming.  If you just want something which will work
! `out-of-the-box', you can get pre-compiled versions of Lynx
! by following the links from  http://lynx.browser.org/ ;
! for DOS or Windows, goto  http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm .
  
  WHAT IS LYNX?
  
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     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,
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     used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS).  Lynx can
     also be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
  
! HOW TO GET LYNX
!    
!    For the latest release of Lynx goto:  http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/release ;
!    the latest development version is at:  http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current .
!    The Lynx homepage is  http://lynx.browser.org/ .
!    The on-line help page (enter `h') has links to many useful things.
! 
! LICENCE
     
     Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) without
     restrictions on usage or redistribution.  The Lynx copyright statement,
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     particular, if Lynx receives a date with a 2-digit year, it assumes that
     values less than 70 are in the range 2000-2069.
  
+ INSTALLING LYNX
+ 
+    To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
+    located in the top directory of the source distribution.
+ 
  DOCUMENTATION
  
     A users guide is included in this distribution along with a man page
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     allow you to customize the help menu system for your site and greatly
     speed up access for those using Lynx over a slow connection.
  
+ INSTALLING THE DOCUMENTATION
+    
     For Unix and related systems which support the autoconf configure script,
     the help menu system is installed by the "make install-help" command.
  
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     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
  
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