Re: LYNX-DEV When release (was: BUG? Problem with suggested name)

[Doug Kaufman]

On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Wayne Buttles wrote:

> > > As for documentation, I encourage everyone to help with what Henry started
> > > (the INSTALLATION rewrite - don't let that topic die!), and testers of the
> 
> There are a couple other people ahead of me in compiling the dos version.
> Maybe they could help polish the DOS section of INSTALLATION.

Here is a rough draft of DOS installation instructions.  If we are going
to do this for a release version, we probably need to put a makefile.dos
in the src/chrtrans directory.
                                 Doug



Compiling for DOS with DJGPP is a multistep procedure.  

DJGPP, as distributed from the usual DJGPP archives, will not 
successfully compile lynx.  You need to "stubedit" your "cc1.exe" file.  
The following parameters have worked successfully: stack=800k, buffer=64k 
(see "http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0897/msg00145.html";).

After unpacking the source code, make sure that the directory under
lynx_help is "keystrok" and not "keystrok.com".  

If you wish to compile with "USE_ZLIB" (recommended), you must have the
zlib library compiled.  Get the zlib source from
"http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/";, and compile.  Put libz.a in
the lib subdirectory  of DJGPP and pub zlib.h in the include
subdirectory.

In addition to the files in the lynx distribution, you will need a
curses package and a TCP package.  You can use PDCurses (available at
"http://www.lightlink.com/hessling/";) and the DJGPP port of WATTCP 
(available in two different versions at
"http://lab1.psy.univie.ac.at/~michael/tcplib-dj200.html"; and at
"ftp://neonatal.sm.ic.ac.uk/";.
These need to be compiled before you go any further. If you wish to
use the beta version of PDCurses 2.3, you need to first apply a patch
(available at
"http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0997/msg00441.html";).

Move to the "lynx2-7-/WWW/Library/djgpp" directory and do "make". This
should compile libwww.a. 

Next move to the "lynx2-7-/src/chrtrans" directory. No DOS makefile is
currently in the distribution archive. Patch the Makefile to include the
MCFLAGS from the "lynx2-7-/src/makefile.dos" file, adding an extra "../"
where necessary. Then do "make tables".

Then move to the "lynx2-7-/src" directory and do "make -f makefile.dos".
If all goes well, you will have a lynx.exe file.

You probably want to test lynx now, but lynx_386 won't work without a
packet-driver installed.  For testing purposes, you can use
slip8250.com.  It is available in the  CRYNWR package (available at
"http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11.zip";).
Usage is "slip8250 0x60". For connecting over a dialup PPP
connection you need a package such as dosppp or klos' pppshare
(available at 
"http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/dosppp05.zip"; and
"ftp://ftp.klos.com/demo/pppshare.exe";).

See "http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm"; for more hints and some
precompiled libraries.

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Doug Kaufman
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