----- Original Message ----- From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:21 AM Subject: [ql-users] Lynx and QPC2 <skip>
> > To get a copy, goto www.dilwyn.uk6.net/internet/index.html or browse > there from my home page of course. The idea is that this cut down > version will be enough to get people going, as they become more > familiar with it they can ditch my version and start to use all the > other parts of Jonathan Hudson's full distribution which includes > sources and all sorts of extras. Unzip lynxrun.zip to win1_l_ (I hope Jonathan used a cross compiler on a Linux box and then tested it with UQLX > I've got the archive set up so that it'll go here by default). Load > LYNX_BOOT from there, check whether you need to add ENV_BIN > (Environment variables) and SIGEXT30_REXT (Signal Extensions) - they > are included, but you will need to remove the REMark from that line if > you don't normally have them installed on your system. The LYNX_BOOT > is extensively commented by Jonathan, I've added even more comments to > help you get it going. > What about unzipping to a windows machine, renaming the directories so that they do notr cause problems for qdos and then rezip them. Surely this is cleaner! > I hope I've understood enough of the package for this to be a useable > version for most people. Certainly, no software is ever truly bug-free > or beyond improvement, so suggestions for corrections and improvements > are welcome. > > It's only been tested on my own QPC2 system and will only work with > v3.30 or later of QPC2. It hasn't been tested with UQLX or SOQL (the > other TCP/IP capable QL systems) - perhaps someone would try it and > let me know! I hope it works and proves to be of value for some of you > when QPC2 v3.30 goes on release. > > Shameless bragging for a moment - I managed to use Lynx from within > QPC2 to download a QPC2 update from Marcel's website and even unzipped > it from QPC2 into Windows (turns out it was older than the Beta > version I was using but who cares, it worked!) and in case you think > you can get a free update from Marcel using Lynx and QL Unzip, oh no, > the password protection for registered users works in exactly the same > way from QDOS unzip as it does in Winzip! > > -- > Dilwyn Jones > Why run lynx from QPC2 when you can run better browsers within Windows? If it is to avoid hackers, viruses then it provides no protection whatsoever! _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
