Two weeks ago, I successfully built and installed lynx 2.8.3dev.21
from this distribution file:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 beebe 2029433 Mar 8 14:51 lynx2-8-3.tar.gz
MD5 (lynx2-8-3.tar.gz) = a42fcf2c9c49fc3ee58844ea7a9e03bf
on these systems:
Apple Macintosh PPC G3 Rhapsody 5.5
DEC Alpha OSF/1 4.0F
IBM PowerPC AIX 4.2
Intel Pentium III GNU/Linux 2.2.12-20smp (Redhat 6.1)
SGI Origin 200 IRIX 6.5
Sun SPARC GNU/Linux 2.2.12-42smp (Redhat 6.1)
Sun SPARC Solaris 2.6
Sun SPARC Solaris 2.7
On the Sun Solaris systems, I used
env CC=c89 ./configure && make all
for the build. [The default gcc, (version 2.95.2, the latest), would
not build lynx 2-8-3 on Solaris.]
All systems share a common configuration file,
/usr/local/share/lib/lynx.cfg, which differs from the distributed one
like this:
% diff -w -b ./lynx.cfg /usr/local/share/lib/lynx.cfg 89c89,90
< STARTFILE:http://lynx.browser.org/
---
> # STARTFILE:http://lynx.browser.org/
> STARTFILE:http://www.math.utah.edu
111c112
< HELPFILE:http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
---
> #HELPFILE:http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
113c114,115
< #HELPFILE:file://localhost/PATH_TO/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
---
> #HELPFILE:file://localhost/usr/local/lib/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
>
>HELPFILE:file://localhost/usr/local/share/lib/lynx_help_files/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
925c927
< #MAIL_SYSTEM_ERROR_LOGGING:FALSE
---
> MAIL_SYSTEM_ERROR_LOGGING:FALSE
944c946
< #CHECKMAIL:FALSE
---
> CHECKMAIL:FALSE
1251c1253
< #EMACS_KEYS_ALWAYS_ON:FALSE
---
> EMACS_KEYS_ALWAYS_ON:TRUE
1274c1276
< #DEFAULT_KEYPAD_MODE_IS_NUMBERS_AS_ARROWS:TRUE
---
> DEFAULT_KEYPAD_MODE_IS_NUMBERS_AS_ARROWS:TRUE
1280c1282
< #CASE_SENSITIVE_ALWAYS_ON:FALSE
---
> CASE_SENSITIVE_ALWAYS_ON:FALSE
1301c1303
< #DEFAULT_BOOKMARK_FILE:lynx_bookmarks.html
---
> DEFAULT_BOOKMARK_FILE:lynx_bookmarks.html
1342c1344
< #DEFAULT_USER_MODE:NOVICE
---
> DEFAULT_USER_MODE:NOVICE
However, on the Sun Solaris 2.6 and 2.7 systems, attempts to use up
and down arrow to move to the previous or next link on the current Web
page do not work: instead, they visit the URL that the link points to.
Also, C-n and C-p have peculiar bindings: the lynx K command shows
^N DOWN_TWO go forward two lines in the document
^P UP_TWO go back two lines in the document
Up Arrow PREV_LINK make the previous link current
Down Arrow NEXT_LINK make the next link current
on the Solaris systems, whereas everywhere else, it shows
^N NEXT_LINK make the next link current
^P PREV_LINK make the previous link current
Up Arrow PREV_LINK make the previous link current
Down Arrow NEXT_LINK make the next link current
I'm running all of these lynx executables on remote systems,
displaying on a Sun Solaris 2.6 system.
Without access to PREV_LINK and NEXT_LINK, navigation in lynx on
Solaris is solidly broken. Fortunately, I retained the old version
(Lynx Version 2-4-2 installed 29-Apr-1996), so I still have a workable
lynx on Solaris.
Has anyone else seen this, and if so, is there a workaround?
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