Re: lynx-dev Lynx book

[Philip Webb]

980625 John Poltorak & others wrote about a possible Lynx book:
> 980625 Thomas Dickey suggested:
>> Fote is the best qualified to work on something like that
>> but would require a good editor to keep the book from growing w/o bounds.
 
i see  2  problems: (1) the level of reader at whom to aim the book:
FM is a leading expert on the Internet & its related software
& would write the definitive work on their history 1986-96:
it would have  12 - 100  readers in total & launch  2 - 3  PhD theses;
someone like Henry -- who no doubt doesn't have the time --
would write a very good beginners' guide;
(2) Lynx keeps developing, partly to keep up with the Internet itself,
so any guide would likely be out-of-date before reaching the bookstores.

there is a need for a WWW page for beginners linked from the Help pages,
which i might try to compose given a little time & encouragement;
it would need to be hosted somewhere.

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