Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Win32 Lynx

[James Mastros]

Wayne Buttles wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Hiram Lester, Jr. wrote:
> 
[...]
> > > > Second: If a shortcut is dragged and dropped on the Lynx image, it
> > > > actually opens the LNK file and not the target file.  Is this again a
> > > > limitation of Console mode?
> > > 
> > > Look at it as a limitation to the method.  It is doing exactly what you
> > > asked.  Lynx is not DDE enhanced so it just looks at the filename WIn95
> > > gives it and goes.  Anyone know DDE programming?
> 
> Either DDE can be learned, or in the future I can look up the format of
> .lnk and maybe use it as a redirect.  I will need help on that though
> since that is getting deep into the nether land of lynx hacking.
> 

I don't think that information (.lnk format, that is) has been made public.
If you find it somewhere, would you tell me where, I've wanted to add
symlinks to the vfat in linux.

> Personally, I would really like non-blocking calls to work someday and I
> have actually found example source for an IRC client that does some.  Now
> I just gotta figure out what the heck it says. 

V. Toll!

[...]

> Wayne

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