unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: arachne-digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:14 PM Subject: arachne-digest V1 #1468 > > arachne-digest Monday, February 19 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1468 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:14:00 +0100 > From: "Joerg Dietze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Unisys & GIF > > Hi folks, > > On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:48:12 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: > > <snip> > > OK. Pictures of Kari don't compress much. > > But you should mention that that JPEG is crap - sort of a general idea > > of what the original image was on a macro scale, but microwise 100% > > invention.;-) > > This is a good description of "Minidisk" and MP3, too. > > Regards Joerg > - -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 05:38:09 -0500 > From: "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: This doesnt look good. > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:00:38 +0200, Or Botton wrote: > > > For those who havent seen it on Slashdot allready: > > http://www.webstandards.org/upgrade/pr.html > > > Group of developers is trying to persude the W3C and generaly web authors > > to drop support for anything lower then N6, IE5.5 and Opera 6. > > Yeah what the hell is that giant insect down in the far lower right > corner? Weird design concept to be sure. But people in general really > like bells and whistles and do-dads. > > It's routine now that many sites that offer just routine information > like movie show times and food product information are unusable with > Arachne. > > > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA > - -user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ > - -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:17:17 +0100 > From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Unisys & GIF > > Ricsi wrote: > > B> Then good servers (Apache for instance) will compress the file > > B> (atleast I assume that's what it does) and send it to the browser for > > B> decompression. > >Does that work for files other than HTML as well ?? > >(I mean does apache for instance have the ability to compress images (BMP > >...) as well ?? ) > > I don't know, it would seem good to do it all the time, but on files that > are already compressed you will not gain anything (or very little if you do > it). The question is then if it uses more CPU time for the server than it > will gain in transfer time. A client should probably gain on it since most > of us still sit on a modem connection. > > > B> BMP files should be compressed almost as good with gzip as with pkzip > > B> and it is a lot easier. > >100% agree ... and IMHO there is also gzip/gunzip for DOS > > Correct, g(un)zip is one of the most portable programs. I haven't tried to > compile the latest version with BC but I did fix the makefile for DJGPP so > it works with the latest version. (So it's downloadble from my pages - > bernie.arachne.cz/download.htm should have a link). > > > B> Still it will not help the poor bastards that don't have such support > > B> (both NS and IE has it since a few versions back IIRC). > >REALLY ?? IE does support this ?? > > IIRC yes. > > >Maybe this can be triggered by the user agent string ... > >or how does the server know, that the client is able to process gzipped > >files ?? > > It sends something like: > Compress: gzip > > I'll of course make sure I write the correct line into the source, but I > kind of lack it. BTW: This is my third hint Michael ;-) > file://Bernie > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:19:07 +0100 > From: Michael Polak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1467 > > > JUNO ONLINE JUMPS INTO SUPERCOMPUTING > > Juno Online Services yesterday announced that it will launch the > > Juno Virtual Supercomputing Project, an attempt to use the ISP's > > subscriber base for distributed-computing projects. In > > ..... > > > equivalent of 500,000 years of computing time. Although Juno has > > yet to reveal any potential users of its supercomputer network, > > CEO Charles E. Ardai has said Juno subscribers would be allowed > > to choose whether to download the software necessary to > > participate in the project. However, Ardai suggested that > > subscribers to the free service who decline to join the Virtual > > Supercomputing Project may have to become paid subscribers. > > This is exactly what I was thinking of few years ago: I though, > that shared CPU time may become valuable, and that it will be > possible to sell it, either for money or for some kind of > virtual "credits", and buy again whan one needs to perform > some distributable, time-consuming taks, eg. crack someone's > cipher, or let's say produce Hollywood-class moovie (this is > especially good example, because virtual reality rendering is > easily distributable - each CPU can work on one movie frame > easily, while amount of input and output data for one frame is > moderate. And there are many thousands of independent pictures > in each movie, making it good example of distributable job.... > > > ------------------------------ > > image/x-zbitmap >BMP|[150]pkunzip -o $1 $azbm \n copy /b $azbm\\*.bmp $2 \n del $azbm\\*.bmp > > image/zbm ZBM > > Are you sure this works ? I mean, if you receive MIME type > image/zbm, does Arachne assign ZBM extension and look for > file/.zbm definiton ? Because now I am really not sure if it > was written to work this way - if yes, it would save lot of > MIME.CFG lines, of course ;-) > > MIME.CFG has to be devided to separate MIME.CFG and let's > say SCRIPTS.DGI > files anyway. SCRIPTS.DGI will be version-dependent, and not > intended for user modification. MIME.CFG will be user configurable, > and won't be overwritten when new version is installed... > > > file/printprn.dgi |[100]TYPE _*.txt>PRN\ntype _>prn > > file/printbmp.dgi |[100]f:\\graphics\\printgfd\\printgfd.exe _4prt.bmp /x > > file/printjpg.dgi |[100]f:\\graphics\\printgfd\\printgfd.exe _4prt.jpg /x > > ;-)) This doesn't make much sense, because Archne will hardly > ever produce _4prt.jpg file... ;-) > > > file/.mp3 |@d:\\audio\\mpxplay\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 > > I haven't tested this MP3 player - is it 16bit or 32 bit ? > How much memory it requires ? > > > text/enriched >HTM|@call rtf2htm.bat $1 $2 > > > text/richtext >HTM|@call rtf2htm.bat $1 $2 > > application/rtf >HTM|@call rtf2htm.bat $1 $2 > > What is this ? Does it produce any usable output ? > > > file/.swf |@call $e\\swf2cnm\\swf2cnm.bat $1|arachne $aswf2cnm.cnm > > application/x-shockwave-flash |@call $e\\swf2cnm\\swf2cnm.bat $1|arachne $aswf2cnm.cnm > > What exactly are you doing with SWF files ? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:26:35 -0500 > From: "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NO CONNECTION > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:29:34 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > > > > 3) before starting Arachne, run setlsppp.bat to place the needed > > settings in the lsppp environment variable > > > --- setlsppp.bat --- > > set lsppp=/M:at&fs7=90s11=50 /B:115200 /P:*** /U:glennmcc /d:3306298686 > > rem -- change^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to your modem settings > > rem -------- replace with your password ^^^ and^^^^^^^^ username ---- > > rem ---------------------------- change to your dialup P# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ____________________ > > > That's all there is to it. ;-) > > > 1,2,3... your're online with Arachne/Lsppp > > > Glenn, I'm having trouble getting this to dial. The problem is the > /d switch. I believe the first three digits after the colon are > instructions to the program. Is that right? And only the last seven > digits are the phone number. Correct? I'm not getting a dial tone > before it gives up and dumps me back to the dial page. Then it redials > and not getting a dial tone right away dumps me back to the dial > page. And so on. The error message flashes by so quick that I can't read > it. Something about a comma being needed. Maybe it's comma and then > the phone number. Like this /d:,6298686 > > > I tried increasing the first digit to five, but that didn't help. > > > Sam > > > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA > - -user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ > - -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:27:11 -0500 > From: "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NO CONNECTION > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:29:34 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:37:33 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:33:41 -0500, Glenn wrote: > > >>> It's possible that your friend's ISP has switched to "dynamic DNS assignment" > >>> (which EPPPD.EXE does not support) > >>> If you find that this is what has happened: > >>> You can switch-over to LSPPP.EXE as the packet driver. > >>> (Lsppp *does* support dynamic DNS) > > >> Is there an 'How-To' or idiot's guide for getting and installing > >> LSPPP? I seem to be up against dynamic-DNS ISPs, too! > > > No problem. > > > Here's the D/L page for Lsppp... > > http://members.tripod.com/~ladsoft/lsppp/index.htm > > > Once you've got Lsppp.zip and unzipped it, here's how > > to setup Arachne to use it. > > > 1) rename lsppp.exe to lspppd.exe and place it in your > > arachne_main_directory. > > (in my case it becomes l:\arachne\lspppd.exe) > > > 2) use these settings in arachne.cfg > > > [profile] > > Profile lspppd.ACF > > Connection @lspppd.exe>>PPP.LOG ;<-- don't need "lh" here > > because this is actually a > > "dummy line" (lspppd.exe will actually be > > loaded when the Dialer line is executed) > > > [dialer] > > Dialer @lh lspppd.exe ;<-- will load low if too little > > upper mem is available > > > UseTerminal No ;<-- must be "No" (lsppp won't dial > > if we use the terminal (miniterm.exe) > > > Autologin Yes ;<-- can also try -- NO > > > WaitFor1 ;<-- all waifor > > Response1 ;<-- and response > > WaitFor2 ;<-- settings > > Response2 ;<-- must be > > WaitFor3 ;<-- left blank > > Response3 ;<-- when Autologin is "Yes" > > > PPPusername ;<-- Also must be left > > PPPpassword ;<-- blank when Autologin is "Yes" > > > [tcp/ip] > > IP_Address PPP ;<-- can also try "BOOTP" > > (however, with BOOTP the online timer won't work) > > > IP_Grab IP address set to ;<-- can be anything you like) > > > NameServer ;<-- leave both > > AltNameServer ;<-- nameservers blank > > > 3) before starting Arachne, run setlsppp.bat to place the needed > > settings in the lsppp environment variable > > > --- setlsppp.bat --- > > set lsppp=/M:at&fs7=90s11=50 /B:115200 /P:*** /U:glennmcc /d:3306298686 > > rem -- change^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to your modem settings > > rem -------- replace with your password ^^^ and^^^^^^^^ username ---- > > rem ---------------------------- change to your dialup P# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ____________________ > > > That's all there is to it. ;-) > > > 1,2,3... your're online with Arachne/Lsppp > > > -- > > Glenn > > http://arachne.cz/ > > http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ > > http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ > > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm > > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA > - -user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ > - -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:29:32 -0500 > From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NO CONNECTION > > Sam Ewalt wrote: > > > > I'm having trouble getting this to dial. The problem is the > > /d switch. I believe the first three digits after the colon are > > instructions to the program. Is that right? And only the last seven > > digits are the phone number. Correct? I'm not getting a dial tone > > before it gives up and dumps me back to the dial page. > > There is a quite nice doc file with LSPPP. > I know it's nice cuz I complained until it was readable. <G> > > The short answer to your question is all those numbers are part of > the phone number. Options to LSPPP are alphabetical. And case MATTERS. > > In my area, we will have to dial the area code for local numbers soon. > > - - Clarence Verge > - -- > - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ > - -- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:36:51 -0500 > From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1467 > > Michael Polak wrote: > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > image/x-zbitmap >BMP|[150]pkunzip -o $1 $azbm \n copy /b $azbm\\*.bmp $2 \n del $azbm\\*.bmp > > > image/zbm ZBM > > > > Are you sure this works ? I mean, if you receive MIME type > > image/zbm, does Arachne assign ZBM extension and look for > > file/.zbm definiton ? Because now I am really not sure if it > > was written to work this way - if yes, it would save lot of > > MIME.CFG lines, of course ;-) > > > Here's MY 2 cents worth: > It certainly works for ME. > > My ZBM processing line is different, however, because I find the COPY > operations take FAR too long. I just use rename. ;-) > > Lots more good questions there for Glenn. <G> > > - - Clarence Verge > - -- > - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ > - -- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 20:29:18 +0000 > From: Arachne4Dos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Sunday Salsa > > Hi Gangue, > > Salsa late to-day, was called out on emrgency from work at 08.00, > just back at 20.10 hrs. Long Day, never mind think of the money! > To-day should pay the first instalment on the new Pajero > [ grin *8>) ] > > For Ron, I have gone for the Pajero 2.5TD manual, Ella tried the > manual gearbox and found things ok for her hands, and we were able to > get a bit better discount from the price for the manual gearbox (es) > > Arachne is locked up on the xswap error, Bernie sent me an un-tested > "fix" but the machine just locked up again at a different xswap line > number. > > In the news here, a trucker killed a pedestrian whilst composing a > text message on his mobile phone and driving ? at the same time. Why > do people not think sufficiently before they do these sort of "It > won't happen to me" sort of things. I have to perform a risk > assessment before almost every job I do in the course of my full time > work. Dealing with electricity up to 400Kv (yes Kv) you really don't > take any chances whatsoever. Before we enter into any situation we > have to consider any and all risks. After a while this spills over > into everyday life, and I find myself anticipating potential hazrads > in almost everything I do. > > Friday Ella and I had to go visiting with some landowners regarding > our caravan club and renting sites for caravan rallies later this > year. We did around 200 miles, that's 320Km, all in beautiful clear > sharp winter sunshine throughout the Scottish Borders. We had a > wonderful day and saw wild red deer, and wild Scottish mountain goats > when we stopped to have a picnic lunch at Clatteringshaws Loch. (A > loch is what most of you would call a lake, the Scottish word is > "loch", it's pronounced like the German "ch" sound) > > The kind of day that makes life worth living! > > When you cheat, the only person you really cheat is yourself! Lost > about 12 lbs, thats around 5 kilos in weight on the diet! Ella says, > I could lose another 6 kilos of ugly fat if I got my head cut off? > GRIN VBG. Then she gave me a St. Valentine's card to make up for it > and a cuddle. > > Not sure if those other than US and UK have Valentine cards? > > Regards > > Mel > - --from Mel Evans, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Webmaster Services to Scotts Caravans of Mayfield Dalkeith > > Commercial sites located and serviced at http://www.webtheon.freeserve.co.uk > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:35:42 +0000 > From: "Ron Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: GIF Licence. > > Hi Folks, > > >> Long live ingenuity! > > Glenn wrote: > > Could you perhaps be referring to the "ingenuity" of JPEG and PNG ??? > > IMHO, if someone develops an animated JPEG or PNG..... Goodbye GIF !!! > > I have got some examples of animated JPEG. They are called MPEG. > > Somewhere, among my graphics progs. - I cannot remember which - is > one that transfers the GIF to another format, THEN decompresses it. This > approach does not use the LZW decompression, and should make GIF viewing > unchargeable at least. > I just can't find which one. And I was just reading it recently. :( > > > Regards, > Ron > > Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html > - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Versatile Internet Client > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:55:36 +0000 > From: "Flip ter Biecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NO CONNECTION > > * This message is in MIME format. > > - --MIME-multipart-message-boundary-982558537 > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:29:32 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: > > > Sam Ewalt wrote: > > >> I'm having trouble getting this to dial. The problem is the > >> /d switch. I believe the first three digits after the colon are > >> instructions to the program. Is that right? And only the last seven > >> digits are the phone number. Correct? I'm not getting a dial tone > >> before it gives up and dumps me back to the dial page. > > > There is a quite nice doc file with LSPPP. > > I know it's nice cuz I complained until it was readable. <G> > > > The short answer to your question is all those numbers are part of > > the phone number. Options to LSPPP are alphabetical. And case MATTERS. > > > In my area, we will have to dial the area code for local numbers soon. > > > - Clarence Verge > > -- > > - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ > > -- > For the moment, I'm useing the following .bat (attached), but the > /M:ATZL0 is supposed to suppress login noises, instead of the ATL0DT I > usually use in arachne.cfg. > It doesn't work though. Any suggestions? > I haven't trioed to call this bat from arachne yet; would @call > dialxs.bat stand a chance? > Alphabetic order seems not really of influence, or at least the /d > before the /B doesn't matter. I only used the lsppp /? output for this > bat. > Bart > > - -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ > > - -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > > - --MIME-multipart-message-boundary-982558537 > Content-Type: application/octet-stream ;name=dialxs.bat > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > > bHNwcHAgL246MiAvZDoxNjU1MDMxNDM2MTc4NiAvQjoxOTIwMCAvTTpBVFpMMCAvTjoxOTQu > MTA5LjYuNjYgL1A6KioqKioqKiAvVTpQbGFicmF0IC9WOjB4NjANCg== > - --MIME-multipart-message-boundary-982558537-- > ÿ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:19:19 -0500 > From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: (OT) Re: Unisys & GIF > > On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 03:11:25 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > > <snip> > > > With .ZBMs replacing .GIFs in standard HTML, the browser must > > recognize yadayada.ZBM as a legal image source. > > > Before reviewing the format of my Netscape "Helpers" section, (yuk.- > > - - shades of Mac!) I was convinced that simply telling Netscape that > > ZBM is image/x-compressed bitmap and specifying the name of the > > decombobulator should do the job ! > > And now you have discovered that it's not quite that easy. <vbg> > > The *first* step is getting "image/yadayada.ZBM" > defined as a legal image source so that the server computers will send > "content-type: image/x-zbitmap" (or whatever is decided upon) > As it stands right now, on almost all servers any .ZBM will be defined > as "content-type: text/plain". :( > > Heck, some servers still don't know what a .PNG is. :( > > <rant> > While I'm on that point... I have also found some servers that are > sending .MPG as text/plain. > And even some that send .HTM as text/plain. :( > (they send .HTML as text/html.... but .HTM is sent as text/plain) > > IMNSHO, the administrators of those servers are STUPID!!! > </rant> > > > Now I'm sure that's not the case. I don't think NS will display > > anything as PART of a HTML page unless it does the conversion itself. > > The version I looked at, 3.04, only processes GIF,JPEG and strangely > > enough XBM inside the browser itself. Since I believe XBM is "C" code > > for generating an image or icon, that seems a bit wierd to me. > > > Anyway, unless someone has a better idea, I think it might be possible > > to patch the XBM part to ZBM, but it would likely require a special > > "patch" for each version. Pretty ugly, but not impossible. > > > I don't know what IE does for mime type "helpers" > > > I DID originally say, "Without going into the nitty gritty...." <G> > > The "nitty gritty" for NS is that you need to write a plugin. > NS will display within an HTML page the needed additional GUI stuff > of properly written plugins. > (MIDI players, MOV players, MPG palyers, etc, etc, etc) > > Screen cap from NS 4.5 with MOV plugin..... > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ns-w_mov.jpg > > (the same screen capture before converting from BMP to JPG) > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ns-w_mov.zip > (hit reload after getting that warning page from Angelfire) > > - --- bmp2jpg.bat was used to convert it --- > CD\1TEMP > f:\GRAPHICS\JPEG6B32\CJPEG *.bmp > ?"Delete original BMPs Y/N " del *.bmp > CD\ > PAUSE > ___________________________ > > It was then moved to c:\1temp\bmp > > - --- zbm.bat was used to zip-it-up --- > c: > cd \1temp\bmp > for %%c in (*.bmp) do pkzip -ex \1temp\zbm\%%c %%c > ren \1temp\zbm\*.bmp \1temp\zbm\*.zbm > cd \ > @echo Done! > _____________________________________ > > I then renamed it to .ZIP and uploaded it to Angelfire. > > This is the section of the HTML that does it in NS .... > > <center> > <embed src="sample.mov" width="200" height="260" target="quicktimeplayer"> > </center> > > However, this same section of code causes Arachne to "branch-out" to > the external viewer for .MOV files. > (or pops-up the saveas page if no viewer has been defined in mime.cfg) > > In addition, the embed tag only works for locally saved .HTM files. > (Michael disabled the embed tag for remotely accessed files) > > So, > until Arachne duplicates the operation of the embed tag in NS.... ;-) > > BTW, > This is one of those cases where .JPG far "out shines" .ZBM in D/L size. > But, I must admit that this also shows the "loss" in "lossy jpg". <g> > (not a whole-heck-of-a-lot of loss...... but it's noticeable) :( > > Temporarily change this line in mime.cfg > > application/zip ZIP > > Make it so that it will treat D/Led ZIPs as ZBMs.... > > application/zip >BMP|[150]pkunzip -o $1 $azbm \n copy /b $azbm\\*.bmp $2 > \n del $azbm\\*.bmp > > (make sure that pkunzip.exe or unzip.exe from Infozip is in you path and > that the needed subdirectory \arachne\cache\zbm has been created) > > Hmmm, I just wonder if this will work..... > > application/zip >BMP|[150]md $a\\zbm>nul \n pkunzip -o $1 $azbm \n > copy /b $azbm\\*.bmp $2 \n del $azbm\\*.bmp > > Son-of-a-gun!!! > It worked and automatically created the needed directory. :) > > So now all that needs to be done is to alter that line in mime.cfg > and make sure that the unzipping program of choice is in the path. <g> > > Now visit http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ns-w_mov.htm with images > on or hit insert to load the images. > > BTW2, > This has brought to mind one more point. > If Arachne were to treat "embed src=" exactly the same as if it was > "img src="...... everything would work fine in both NS and Arachne. > > Michael and Bernie, > > Do you think that would be possible ??? > > > - -- > Glenn > http://arachne.cz/ > http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:13:51 > From: Christof Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 1.70r3 for DOS: styles in tables > > Word wrap in tables sometimes interferes with the style function. > If a links are divided into two lines or if they begin in a new > line some of them do not show the hover function correctly. > Whether a certain link displays correctly differs according to table > parameters and screen resolution. > > Example: > > <HTML> > <HEAD> > ... > <style> > a {text-decoration:none} > a:hover {color: "#0000C0"; text-decoration: underlined} > </style> > ... > </HEAD> > <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000C0" VLINK="#00C0C0" > ALINK="C0C000" MARGINWIDTH=20 LEFTMARGIN=20 topmargin=20> > > <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#D0D0D0" CELLSPACING="5" CELLPADDING="12"> > ... > <TR> > <TD VALIGN="TOP"><B> > <A HREF="links.htm#MANUAL">MANUAL</A> > </B></TD> > <TD><B> > <A HREF="links.htm#Arachne">Arachne</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#Pegasus">Pegasus Mail</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#Internet">Internet</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#SurvPC">SurvPC</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#Unicode">Unicode</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#SMS">SMS</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#Printer">Printer</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#CD">CD ROM</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#Modem">Modem</A> | > <A HREF="links.htm#Technology">Technology Assessment</A> > <p> > </B></TD> > </TR> > ... > </TABLE> > > </BODY></HTML> > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.volny.cz/christianpeace > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:55:27 -0500 > From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: (OT) Re: Unisys & GIF > > On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:07:22 +0100, Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Clarence wrote: > >> I know that you have been paying attention, so I also know YOU know > >> about .ZBMs. And I understand that you would not consider it to be more > >> than a toy, due to it's lack of universal built-in-ness. > > > Why don't we just add gziped support to Arachne? Then good servers (Apache > > for instance) will compress the file (atleast I assume that's what it does) > > and send it to the browser for decompression. BMP files should be > > compressed almost as good with gzip as with pkzip and it is a lot easier. > > Still it will not help the poor bastards that don't have such support (both > > NS and IE has it since a few versions back IIRC). > > file://Bernie > > How would we do that on the server end? > Give the file a name like "testfile.bmp.gz" ??? > > If so, what content-type do we need to add to Arachne? > > Ahhh, there it is... "application/x-gzip" > (according to http://www.ltsw.se/knbase/internet/application.htp ) > > Now the problem will be getting the servers on the net to conform to it. > (this one does not.... http://support.serv.ch/freebsd/manpages-de/ ) > > Every .gz file is being sent as "application/octet-stream" :( > > There we go. > This site http://www.lsp.ups-tlse.fr/Chafai/Fichiers/ uses the following > content types... > ( .ps.gz --- application/postscript > ( .pdf.gz --- application/pdf > ( .tar.gz --- application/x-tar > > However, for each one of these it also sends "content-encoding: x-gzip" > > A further check at http://support.serv.ch/freebsd/manpages-de/ shows > that it is also sending "content-encoding: x-gzip" > > So if I understand correctly, what Arachne would need to do is to > disregard "content-type" when "content-encoding" is sent. > > - -- > Glenn > http://arachne.cz/ > http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:07:49 -0500 > From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1466 > > On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:36:31, Christof Lange wrote: > > <snip> > > > Another problem I met with lsppp: I used to login through two Czech > > servers (quick.cz and volny.cz). Both are free, but login procedures > > are a bit different, and both have been doing a lot of SW upgrading > > and changing during the last year. So I am always prepared for the > > situation that one day the server will not work and I have to try > > the other one or set up the connection differently. Now, in > > combination with EPPPD Arachne works fine with both of them. But > > LSPPP cannot get through with quick.cz. It displays: > > > Dialing...Connecting to network...Authenticating... > > > Just at the time when I expect to appear the message > > > Negotiating IP linkage... > > > it hangs up the phone instead. Is there any way to get further? > > Or do I just have to accept that the server does not like lsppp's > > way of authentication? > > Lsppp.exe uses PAP/CHAP authentication. > If quick.cz does not recognize either PAP or CHAP, then you'll need to > use a login script. > > So, try this in Arachne.cfg > > Autologin Yes > WaitFor1 ogin: > Response1 \u > WaitFor2 sword: > Response2 \p > WaitFor3 session <-- this is one of the words my ISP shows after > successfully negotiating the PPP connection > > Response3 <-- leave blank in most cases > PPPusername glennmcc > PPPpassword ***** > > - -- > Glenn > http://arachne.cz/ > http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:14:39 -0500 > From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bernie and the xswap thing HELP! > > On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:19:42 +0000, Arachne4Dos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Bernie (and Clarence I think?) > > > Tried the .asf you sent > > > arachne:dialer > > pop3: > > smtp: > > relaod:file://inbox.dgi > > arachne:hangup > > > and machine is now locked up on arachne! > > > Giving me xswap error at "line 1691 of file HTML:C" > > message. This was from starting arachne, then dial page then select > > asf button, then "new" pop3smtp.asf file. NOT on line at the time. > > > I can get out of the end (DOS) screen where it says press any key to > > continue, using Control C I can get back to W95, but each time I try > > tom open arachne again, it locks up back at the > > > xswap error in line 1691 > > > message. > > > ISTR Clarence sent a way to unlock the xswap thing, but it is in the > > arachne files and I can't get at it to put it into effect. Could > > someone send me this again please? It was something like unlock ppp > > and cache in the instructions. > > > Regards > > > Mel > > Does it also do this if you run Arachne outside of W95 ??? > > What I mean is if you boot directly to DOS. (F8/command prompt only) > Not by going into W95 first and then shutting down. > And not by running Arachne in a "DOS-box" within W95. > > > - -- > Glenn > http://arachne.cz/ > http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm > > ------------------------------ > > End of arachne-digest V1 #1468 > ****************************** >
