lynx-dev P.S. Server-Side JavaScript for UNIX Lynx?

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Please forgive a bit of sentimental crap.  The following is taken
from a message to my friend Luca in Italy, but is directly related
to Lynx:

> Subject: P.S. [Lynx+JavaScript?]
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> Hi Luca!  I thought of something else, maybe you can help:
> 
> Lynx doesn't support JavaScript, and it's becoming more of an
> issue now.  I've been reading about completely inaccessible sites
> due to <A HREF="JavaScript:function()"> links without a <NOSCRIPT>
> option more and more often.  I don't see very many of them personally,
> but it's getting to be a problem for some.
> 
> The thing is that it's very difficult to make Lynx render tables,
> framesets [in one window], and support JavaScript, all for the
> same reason: it parses HTML in *one pass*, unlike graphical browsers,
> which do recursive passes to render nested tables and so on.
> That's why it's so fast too.
> 
> Some regulars on the lynx-dev mailing list are saying it would
> be simpler to write a variant Mozilla to run in text-only mode
> [ie: something you could use from a terminal] than it would be
> to restructure Lynx's code so completely.  Some are even wondering
> if Lynx will have any practial use in the future.  They could
> be right, but I really don't *like* that idea: Lynx was around
> in some form or other before the Internet as we know it [in fact,
> the earliest kinds of hypertext were written for Lynx], and it's
> kept pace beautifully until now.  There are few traditions here
> and memories are short, so I think the first browser should exist
> and thrive in the *present* if at all possible.
> 
> I've also read a little about server-side JavaScript, and thought
> of a possible way to make it work on the client-side.  Since you
> practically breathe web-authoring, I just wondered if any of this
> makes sense to you:
> 
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> Thanks again.  If I'm just babbling here, it's ok; wouldn't be
> the first time.  ;-)
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> 
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>                         Patrick
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                          Patrick
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