[Lynx-dev] Issue With Windows Version Of Lynx Browser

[Ron Canazzi]

Hello Group,

I have been a long time Windows user and am pretty proficient with that 
OS as well as the Apple system.  I stumbled across the Lynx browser 
online a while back and it reminds me of the good old days of Unix Shell 
operation before the days of the specialized browsers with graphics and 
video/audio. I wanted to see if I could get this port to function on my 
system.

I first went to The Lynx basic Installation support center:
https://support.a-dato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017158257-Lynx-Installation-Basics#DownloadLynxviaMicrosoftAppInstaller

and downloaded the 2.89 release which was not compiled. To compile that 
version is a bit beyond me, so then I visited
https://invisible-island.net/
and got a compiled version. I also got the Cygwin version from 
https://cygwin.org  that has an installer that with a bit of getting 
used to was able to install a version that is compiled from their 
massive repository. it was also 2.89.

I got both of them to run, except for one major issue. I cannot view 
local files on my Windows system.  If I press the G for Go to URL and 
type in file://localhost/ and a path to a local folder or file, I get an 
error saying simply: 'cannot connect to (either FTP server) or local 
file.  I have played with the settings in the Lynx.cfg file, but nothing 
seems to work. I may be missing something because of my relative 
ignorance of the Unix type language even in such a basic file as the cfg 
file.

I also downloaded a compiled version from one of the servers (I forget 
which one) that has an issue with the SSL (https) web addresses. In the 
installation read me file, it gave instructions as to where to get the 
SSL files(libeay32.dll, openssl.exe and
ssleay32.dll) and where to place them in the directories; (Lynx install 
directory and/or Windows/systems32 directory.) I did this and I still 
can't get the program in that version to find the SSL files.

If any of you more knowledgeable people can give me instructions to get 
one or more of these various compiled version to work properly, I would 
greatly appreciate it.

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