On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Jeffrey D. Benton wrote: > I can get Lynx to download and unzip but I can't get it to > run. In my last attempt I downloaded lynx2.8.6rel.1.zip at > http://www.pervalidus.net/cygwin/lynx/. I have no software programming > knowledge so I need it to download and run automatically. > > Second question: Can Lynx be configured to prevent the download > of software programs--perhaps by filtering certain types of file > extensions such as .exe?
There have been a couple answers to this, but I think they missed the point. This is a Windows program that comes without an installer. You need to manually install it. The first thing is to unzip it with settings that preserve the directory structure. If all the files are in one directory, you need to remove that and try again. It comes with settings for being in "D:\Program Files\Lynx", so the easiest (if you have a D: drive), is to unzip under "D:\Program Files". Otherwise, pick a directory and unzip the file. Then use a text editor to edit the file "lynx.cfg", changing the path to match where you put the file. Then right-click on the lynx.exe file and create a "shortcut". You can drag or cut and paste the shortcut to your desktop. You can change the properties so that it starts in fullscreen. You can also put a copy of the shortcut in the appropriate directory to add it to the program list under START. The answer to the second question depends on what you are trying to do. There seems to be some confusion as to what lynx is. It is a text mode browser and doesn't download anything automatically. When you say you want to prevent the download of certain files, are you talking about running it yourself, or are you trying to set up limited versions of lynx for other users (i.e. Are you the Administrator?)? Unless you let us know what platform you are running on and what you really want to prevent, it is hard to give advice. If you just want a program for yourself on a Windows machine, it may be easier to download a version that comes with an installer, such as "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.jp/lynx-win32-pata/21607/Lynx286dev18TH.exe";. Doug -- Doug Kaufman Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
