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LYNX-DEV MacLynx Information
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Olivier Gutknecht |
Subject: |
LYNX-DEV MacLynx Information |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Apr 1997 01:20:20 +0200 |
As promised, some information about the Lynx port for the Mac:
Features:
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- Based on 2.7.1 Lynx source code (04/04).
- Speech Manager support.
- A special PRINTER sending a document to the synthetiser
- A special mode to pronounce the current highlighted link.
- Initial window size can be set in lynx.cfg
- Early AppleEvent support (Open, Close, Quit, GetURL).
- Internet Config savvy. Internet Config is a popular MacOS package that
allows users to have global preferences for Internet programs (e-mail,
servers names, helpers apps, ...). MacLynx can redirect mailto:, telnet:,
.. URLs to your favorite external application.
- MacLynx accept GetURL AppleEvent, so it can be used as the default http
browser
- Downloaded files have their MacOS type/creator Finder info set
accordingly to their extension.
Limitations:
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- Can't print by itself. You must save your document and print it with
another application.
- My tester reported strange behavior with proxies.
- Local filesystem support is not complete. You can only use
<file://localhost/...>, whose starting point is the MacLynx folder.
- Documents are rendered in 7-bits: I'm using an old curses package. I plan
to port and move to Slang in the future.
- Mac Preferences Folder & Temporary Items Folder are not used yet.
- Dired mode is not supported yet.
Planned features:
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- Window resize when running
- Better filesystem access
- My development machine is a PowerPC, and I have not compiled MacLynx for
680x0 yet, although it should not cause major problems.
I am looking for 5-10 alpha-testers before releasing it. If you're
interested, email me.
Ol.
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