Re: [Lynx-dev] text browsing

[Doug Kaufman]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Stegozor wrote:

> On 7/22/06, David Woolley <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > It's available at
> > >       http://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.5/
> >
> > Someone asking this question is likely to be completely thrown by this
> > page as the only sort of software they are likely to be able to handle
> > is an executable Windows binary install package!  They will probably
> > not even be able to cope with a Cygwin version or an archive file,
> > let alone source code.
> >
> > I failed to find anything that would be usable by typical Windows
> > user, even on the pages that were given as specific Windows and MS-DOS
> > ports.
> 
> Oh, you're definitely right. As an average windows user I faced the
> same problem a few months ago, and I was finally able to find:
> http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/wlynx/lynx_w32.2.8.2rel.1.zip for
> Windows. That's an old release though, and I still have to manage to
> post messages on newsgroups. I'll have to read again the answers to
> news:y9EJV17BB2VynBaKySD1JA.user.aioe.org and if that doesn't help,
> you'll see me again :)

Right at the top of the current distribution page
("http://lynx.isc.org/current/index.html";) it give pointers to the
Windows binaries. Also see the note that I posted to the list in
January:

> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:42:13 -0800 (PST)
> From: Doug Kaufman <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] how in the world do i even start lynx?
> 
> The lynx resources for Win32 are not always
> obvious. Please start at Kenneth Kwok's page
> ("http://home4.pacific.net.sg/~kennethkwok/lynx/index.html";), which
> has some links to binaries, both with and without Windows installers,
> and which gives some hints on running lynx on Windows. In addition,
> there is a binary of 2.8.5rel1 with an installer available from
> Takeshi Hataguchi. That installer is primarily in Japanese, but the
> binary and documentation are fine in English. You can get it from
> "http://lynx-win32-pata.sourceforge.jp/";. Just look for the link to the
> binary if you don't read Japanese.

The latest available binary is now the one from Takeshi Hataguchi
(2.8.6dev.17).

                            Doug
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