lynx-dev LYNX: dired (was: remote access problem)

[David Combs]

On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 03:31:17PM +0300, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
> 25-Mar-99 01:51 Klaus Weide wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Erb, Maria wrote:
> 
> >> my default URL is local, it's file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html
> 
> > That should be file://localhost/usr/doc/HTML/index.html, although
> > lynx should understand your form and convert it to the full form
> > on startup.  But try 'lynx -trace', and look at the Lynx.trace file
> > to see what lynx is really trying to access.
> 
> >> I think the problem is with the networking set up.  Where, other than
> 
> There is an obvious test that excludes possible typo
> in a file name or with URL syntax: try starting "lynx ."
> so you get a local directory and than navigate across your filesystem.

Cool.  I like the "." arg.

This is the first time ever I have used (I think I have just
used, anyway) Lynx's "dired" feature.

Knowing already what I would get, but just in case, I
did a "?", getting the STANDARD lynx help (of course).

Now, what would have been NICE would have been a
"context sensitive" QUESTION, ASKING me whether I wanted
the standard help, vs a list of commands SPECIFIC to
dired.

That would be a big help to even long-time lynx users
who were trying some AREA of lynx for their first time.

David