On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:39:55 +0700, Thomas Tabler wrote:
> Dear List:
> Does anyone know how to enable cookie support in Lynx. Classically,
> I think Lynx was not designed with the idea of using cookies, but
> there is an option for using them. The Doslynx version 0.7 from
> Doug Kauffman seemed to come with it about six months or a year ago, but
> now the standard download does not have it. When I had it installed
> before the hard disk crash, it had cookie support. It said you could
> enable some cookies, or choose which to accept, or accept all of them.
> Any help from someone who knows more about Lynx would be good and help
> clear up my mail problem.
Thomas:
LYNX386 has numerous options for cookie support. You may enable
cookie support to suit your own preferences by modifying LYNX386.CFG.
Just search the config file for the word "cookie". For explanations
of the various options see the lines which are commented out. Each
version of Lynx and Bobcat come with their own special config files.
You have to use a config file that matches the program and version.
AFAIK, every version provides cookie support. I have tried out
several versions. My own preference is LYNX386 from Doug Kaufmann's
site for any 386 machine or above. For 286's and XT's I choose an
appropriate Bobcat version from John Lewis's site.
BTW, there is a special mailing list for us Lynx and Bobcat users.
I think you should subscribe to it and post your questions there.
I don't have the information at hand on how to subscribe. That info
is at home on my main computer. I am currently on vacation and I
am using my Toshiba laptop PC and also a hand-held Phillips Velo 1,
being a Windows CE device.
BTW, Windows CE is an operating system that is almost good. It will
load just as fast as DOS. It never crashes. It provides most of the
basic functionality I need and without the bloat. You can back up
everything you have on just a few megabytes of storage media. I wish
there were a version of it that could be loaded onto a PC. I wonder
why Bill Gates doesn't offer a PC operating system that is almost
good. Having an operating system that is almost good is certainly
much better than having one that is no damn good.
One of the nicest things about Windows CE is that you can install
a shareware application on your CE device so as to make it emulate an
XT. Then you can run your favorite DOS programs on your hand-held
device. You can even install your favorite DOS version. The shareware
app is called XTCE. I tried it out and I ran DR-DOS 7.02 on it. It
works fine. The trial version expires in 30 days if you don't pay $50
to register. You can't reactivate it by retro-dating your system time.
The trial version has a very well designed time worm. I have been
thinking about registering it.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
