I noticed that a lot of the URL's in the lynx distribution are no longer
active, so I tried verifying those I could and finding substitute URL's
where possible. I made minor changes in the DOS section of INSTALLATION,
since I didn't have the time to rewrite it.
The change which wasn't straightforward is what to use as the default
INDEX file. It still showed the mosaic metaindex in userdefs.h and had
been switched to the main lynx site in lynx.cfg. I don't know that
there is any kind of equivalent to the mosaic metaindex currently in
existence, but I think the closest, with a list of reviewed interesting
sites, would be the Internet Scout Project. I would propose using their
site for our INDEX default in both userdefs.h and in lynx.cfg.
The defualt BIBP_GLOBAL_SERVER in userdefs.h and lynx.cfg is
"http://usin.org";, which appears to be an almost dead link. I don't know
of a publicly available BIBP server. Does anyone know what we can use
for this?
I don't know of a substitute for Subir's Lynx page, which appears to be
gone. We should probably remove the reference to it in LYMessages_en.h.
Doug
--
Doug Kaufman
Internet: [email protected]
--- INSTALLATION.ori 2010-10-04 02:44:56.000000000 -0700
+++ INSTALLATION 2010-11-27 16:49:32.000000000 -0800
@@ -915,10 +915,10 @@
The original Win32 port was built with Borland C++ 4.52, but later
versions reportedly can be used. Before compiling the Lynx sources, you
need a curses library, and it is recommended that you have the zlib
- library. Get pdcurses2.3 from "http://www.lightlink.com/hessling/";. I
+ library. Get pdcurses2.3 from "http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/";. I
have modified it so that mouse support is no longer broken for Lynx (see
"http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/";). You will want to get zlib from
- "http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ ". Compile these libraries, and
+ "http://www.zlib.net/ ". Compile these libraries, and
put them in a convenient place (pdcurses inside the Lynx directory).
Unpack the latest Lynx source distribution, and make an obj directory
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@
information can be found in "http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm";.
-- 1997/10/12 - W. Buttles <[email protected]>
+-- 2010/11/27 - URL's updated by Doug Kaufman <[email protected]>
Cygwin:
It is possible to compile under the cygwin system, which will allow you to
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@
If you wish to compile with "USE_ZLIB" (recommended), you must have the
zlib library. Get the source from
- http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
+ http://www.zlib.net
and compile it. Put libz.a in the lib subdirectory of DJGPP, and put
zlib.h and zconf.h in the include subdirectory.
@@ -1021,8 +1022,8 @@
package and a TCP package. You can use PDCurses (available at
"http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/";) and the DJGPP port of WATTCP. The
updated version of WATTCP is known as WATT-32, and is available at
- "http://www.bgnett.no/~giva/";. You can also use slang (available at
- "http://www.s-lang.org/";) as your screen library. You must
+ "http://home.broadpark.no/~gvanem/";. You can also use slang (available at
+ "http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/";) as your screen library. You must
compile these before you go any further. If you wish to use PDCurses 2.6,
you need to first apply the following patch:
@@ -1154,13 +1155,13 @@
If you wish to compile with SSL enabled, you need to get and compile
OpenSSL. The DJGPP port has been successfully compiled with the
- 0.9.7 stable series of OpenSSL. DJGPP can compile OpenSSL from the
+ development version of OpenSSL. DJGPP can compile OpenSSL from the
standard source distribution (http://www.openssl.org/). See the file
"INSTALL.DJGPP" in the OpenSSL distribution.
If you have trouble applying the patches, try using the "patch" program,
- ("http://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/pat253b.zip";).
+ ("http://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/pat261b.zip";).
To read the Unix man style documentation, use, for example, "less"
("http://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/lss374b.zip";).
Compile or place your compiled PDCurses library in /djgpp/pdcur26, and
@@ -1197,27 +1198,27 @@
If all goes well, you will have a lynx.exe file. If you have trouble,
check to be sure djgpp.env is the way it came in the original package.
- To test Lynx_386 you must have a packet driver installed. The simplest
- method is to use a null packet driver that just allows Lynx to start up,
- but doesn't do anything else. One such executable driver has been posted,
- uuencoded, to the lynx-dev mailing list:
- "http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month011998/msg00057.html";.
- Start the dummy packet driver with "nullpkt 0x60", and take it out of
- memory with "nullpkt -u". You can also use slip8250.com. See the CRYNWR
- package "ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11.zip";.
- Usage is "slip8250 0x60", but you may have to invoke it as, for example,
- "slip8250 0x60 6 3 0x2F8" so that it uses COM2 and IRQ 3, in order to
- avoid an IRQ conflict with a mouse or some other device. Another packet
+ To test Lynx_386 you must have a packet driver installed. The simplest
+ method is to use a null packet driver that just allows Lynx to start
+ up, but doesn't do anything else. One such executable driver has been
+ posted, uuencoded, to the lynx-dev mailing list in January 1998,
+ but is corrupted in the mailing list archive. You can get this at
+ "http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/pda/computer/dos/net/nullpkt.zip";. Start the
+ dummy packet driver with "nullpkt 0x60", and take it out of memory with
+ "nullpkt -u". You can also use slip8250.com. See the CRYNWR package
+ "ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11.zip";. Usage
+ is "slip8250 0x60", but you may have to invoke it as, for example,
+ "slip8250 0x60 6 3 0x2F8" so that it uses COM2 and IRQ 3, in order to
+ avoid an IRQ conflict with a mouse or some other device. Another packet
driver is slipper.exe, which is available from many sites, including
- "ftp://ftp.trumpet.com.au/slipper";. To remove it from memory use
- termin.com (usage "termin 0x60"), available in the CRYNWR package. To
- connect over a dialup PPP connection you need dosppp or klos' pppshare.
- (Find at:
+ "http://www.cavazza.it/file/bbs/intsoft/slippr15.zip";. To remove it from
+ memory use termin.com (usage "termin 0x60"), available in the CRYNWR
+ package. To connect over a dialup PPP connection you need dosppp or klos'
+ pppshare. (Find at:
"http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/net/dosppp/dosppp06.zip";
"http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/ncf/pda/computer/dos/net/dosppp06.zip";
-
"http://mvmpc200.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/~mvmpc9/user/TONI/dosppp/dosppp06.zip";
- "ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/tvdog/internet/dosppp06.zip";;
- "ftp://ftp.klos.com/pub/demo/pppshare.exe";)
+ "http://www.cavazza.it/file/bbs/intsoft/dosppp06.zip";
+ "http://www.cavazza.it/file/bbs/intsoft/pppshare.exe";)
File access looks like this:
@@ -1254,7 +1255,7 @@
lynx2-* directory. Place a copy of this batch file, named "djgpp.bat",
in the lynx2-* directory, move to that directory and type "djgpp". A more
complete batch file with error checking and annotation can be found at:
- "http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month111997/msg00250.html";.
+ "http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/1997-11/msg00250.html";.
If you use the configure method, remember that if you configure with
the option "--enable-nls", you also need to set LIBS="-liconv". A
@@ -1285,7 +1286,7 @@
-- 1997/9/29 - D. Kaufman <[email protected]>
-- 1997/10/3 - B. Schiavo <[email protected]>
--- Last update - 2004/01/19
+-- Last update - 2010/11/27
VI. General installation instructions
--- LYMessages_en.h.ori 2009-06-06 17:30:34.000000000 -0700
+++ LYMessages_en.h 2010-11-27 17:43:06.000000000 -0800
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
* debugging (CTRACE) or (b) are constants used in interaction with
* other programs.
*
- * Links to collections of alternate definitions, developed by the Lynx
- * User Community, are maintained in Lynx links:
- *
- * http://www.subir.com/lynx.html
- *
* See ABOUT-NLS and po/readme for details and location of contributed
* translations. When no translation is available, the English default is
* used.
--- lynx.cfg.orig 2010-10-04 02:44:56.000000000 -0700
+++ lynx.cfg 2010-11-27 18:11:20.000000000 -0800
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@
# An index to your CWIS can be placed here or a document containing
# pointers to lots of interesting places on the web.
#
-#DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE:http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/MetaIndex.html
-DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE:http://lynx.isc.org/
+DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE:http://scout.wisc.edu/
.h1 Interaction
--- userdefs.h.orig 2010-11-25 01:43:52.000000000 -0800
+++ userdefs.h 2010-11-27 18:04:04.000000000 -0800
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
* An index to your CWIS can be placed here or a document containing
* pointers to lots of interesting places on the web.
*/
-#define DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE
"http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/MetaIndex.html";
+#define DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE "http://scout.wisc.edu/";
/*****************************
* If USE_TRACE_LOG is set FALSE, then when TRACE mode is invoked the
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