lynx-dev Re: Mac Lynx (fwd)

[dickey]

>  
> >I was wondering if you were any closer to devloping a mac version of Lynx. . 
> >  
>   
> There is no active effort of which I am aware developing a Mac Lynx.  
> There was an effort quite some time ago, but the author did not, as far  
> as I am aware, submit the changes back to the lynx-dev mailing list.  
>   
> If you do know people interested, it would probably be easier to take  
> the current lynx 2.8.2 at http://lynx.browser.org/ and port it a fresh.  
 
that could be a fairly large task.  the MacLynx sources include a fair 
amount of new code, as well as that grubby system interaction stuff 
sprinkled throughout.  I would proceed as follows (lots of blanks to 
fill in): 
 
        + the MacLynx source is supposed to be a modification of some 2.7.1 
          version.  I'd go back to 2.7.1 and get differences against that. 
 
        + much of the change (the curses support) is in new files.  Put 
          that into a new directory as such. 
 
        + someone commented that the Mac development tools handle only unique 
          filenames - we have one left (rename it). 
 
        + look at the diff's for things that are needed to make it _compile_ 
          with the Mac.  Integrate those. 
 
        + follow with changes needed to make it link (we're almost there). 
 
        + the last 10% (which will take 90% of the time) is the functional 
          changes.  Unless the port is organized nicely, the porter never 
          gets to this point though, since there's the continual game of 
          catch-up & resync.  (I can help up to this stage - at this point 
          I can only offer advice and check that the integration changes 
          don't break the Unix versions). 
 
> Larry W. Virden                 <URL: mailto:address@hidden>  
 
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