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    2                              Lynx README file
    3 
    4 Lynx Version 2.8.6 is the latest release (October 2006).
    5 See the CHANGES file for a complete record of all changes and bug fixes.
    6 New releases are announced on the lynx-dev mailing list (see below).
    7 
    8 FOR REAL NOVICES
    9 
   10 To use this package, you need a compiler & a bit of experience
   11 at very simple programming.  If you just want something which will work
   12 `out-of-the-box', you can get pre-compiled versions of Lynx
   13 by following the links from  <URL: http://lynx.isc.org/> ;
   14 for DOS or Windows, goto <URL: http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm>.
   15 
   16 WHAT IS LYNX?
   17 
   18    Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running
   19    cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices such as vt100 terminals,
   20    vt100 emulators running on Windows 95/NT or Macintoshes, or any other
   21    character-cell display.  It will display Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
   22    documents containing links to files on the local system, as well as files on
   23    remote systems running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp, finger, or cso/ph/qi
   24    servers, and services accessible via logins to telnet, tn3270 or rlogin
   25    accounts.  Current versions of Lynx run on Unix, VMS, Windows95/NT, 386DOS
   26    and OS/2 EMX.
   27 
   28    Lynx can be used to access information on the WWW, or to establish
   29    information systems intended primarily for local access.  Lynx has been
   30    used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS).  Lynx can
   31    also be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
   32 
   33 HOW TO GET LYNX
   34 
   35    For the latest release of Lynx goto:
   36        <URL: http://lynx.isc.org/release>;
   37        <URL: ftp://lynx.isc.org/release>;
   38    the latest development version is at:
   39        <URL: http://lynx.isc.org/current>.
   40    The Lynx homepage is <URL: http://lynx.isc.org/>.
   41    The on-line help page (enter `h') has links to many useful things.
   42 
   43 LICENSE
   44 
   45    Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) without
   46    restrictions on usage or redistribution.  The Lynx copyright statement,
   47    "COPYHEADER", and GNU GPL, "COPYING", are included in the top-level
   48    directory of the distribution.  Lynx is supported by the Lynx user
   49    community, an entirely volunteer (and unofficial) organization.
   50 
   51    Certain portions of the Lynx source distribution were originally
   52    created by CERN and have been modified during the development of
   53    Lynx.  See WWW/FreeofCharge.html for copyright info regarding CERN
   54    products used in Lynx.
   55 
   56    Note that Lynx is not self-contained; typically it is built with a
   57    variety of add-on libraries, including those for compression, IPv6,
   58    SOCKS and SSL support.
   59 
   60 YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
   61 
   62    We believe Lynx works properly for the Year 2000 issues, since it does
   63    not store dates in 2-digit form.  Since it must communicate with a wide
   64    range of web servers, it interprets dates in a variety of formats.  In
   65    particular, if Lynx receives a date with a 2-digit year, it assumes that
   66    values less than 70 are in the range 2000-2069.
   67 
   68 INSTALLING LYNX
   69 
   70    To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
   71    located in the top directory of the source distribution.
   72 
   73 DOCUMENTATION
   74 
   75    A users guide is included in this distribution along with a man page
   76    for Unix systems and a help file for VMS systems.  All documentation is
   77    contained in the top directory and the docs, samples and lynx_help
   78    subdirectories.
   79 
   80    While running Lynx, type 'h', 'H', or '?' to invoke the help menu
   81    system.  From the help menu you may access several useful documents
   82    pertaining to Lynx and the World Wide Web.  The most important of
   83    these is the Lynx Users Guide.  By default, Lynx will use the Lynx
   84    Enhanced Pages, which includes http links for help and FAQs concerning
   85    Lynx.  It is recommended that you install your own help menu system at
   86    your site in order to lessen the load on http servers.  This also will
   87    allow you to customize the help menu system for your site and greatly
   88    speed up access for those using Lynx over a slow connection.
   89 
   90 INSTALLING THE DOCUMENTATION
   91 
   92    For Unix and related systems which support the autoconf configure script,
   93    the help menu system is installed by the "make install-help" command.
   94 
   95    For other systems (such as VMS), copy COPYHEADER and COPYING into the
   96    lynx_help/ subdirectory.  Then copy the lynx_help subdirectory to a public
   97    place on your system, or into your $HOME directory if you are a single
   98    user.  Finally, edit the lynx.cfg file  so that the HELPFILE line is
   99    defined as follows:
  100 
  101       HELPFILE:file://localhost/[public_path]/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
  102 
  103    where [public_path] is the absolute path to the lynx_help directory.
  104    Customizing the help menu system is just a matter of editing a set of
  105    HTML files.  Additional information about installing and customizing
  106    the help file set is available at <URL:http://www.irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp/
  107    lynxdev/README.help>.
  108 
  109 INSTALLING LYNX
  110 
  111    To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
  112    located in the top directory of the source distribution.  Win32 users
  113    who need pre-compiled distributions should visit the site
  114    <URL:http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm>.
  115 
  116 PROBLEMS
  117 
  118    If you experience problems configuring, compiling or installing Lynx,
  119    please read Section VI. "General installation instructions" in the
  120    INSTALLATION file.  Instructions are given there for reporting your
  121    problem to the "lynx-dev" mailing list, which is frequented by experienced
  122    Lynx users.
  123 
  124 LYNX-DEV MAILING LIST
  125 
  126    To subscribe to lynx-dev, send email to
  127    <URL: mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org>
  128    with "subscribe" for a subject line.
  129 
  130    If you wish to unsubscribe from lynx-dev, send email to
  131    <URL: mailto:lynx-dev-request@nongnu.org> 
  132    with "unsubscribe" for a subject line.
  133 
  134    Any messages you wish to post should be sent to
  135    <URL: mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org>.
  136    PLEASE use the lynx-dev list, NOT private email to the developers,
  137    for questions or discussion about Lynx, or contributions of patches.
  138    Patches should use the unified diff format (diff -u), which can be
  139    generated by building the target, "make lynx.patch" after unpacking
  140    a pristine copy of the source into a subdirectory called "orig".
  141 
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  143    you post without subscribing, though, you should read replies to your
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