Re: lynx-dev 50 Lines in Windows 95

[Lloyd G. Rasmussen]

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:04:52 -0700, 
Michael Warner   <address@hidden> wrote:

...
>Another variation - I've got a fairly old version of lynx
>(2.7.1ac-0.81) that probably predates my switch-over from
>WFW 3.1 to W95.  For whatever reason, the shortcut command
>line is c:\windows\system\conagent.exe instead of a
>lynx.bat.  I struggled several times to get the dos window
>to use the 50-line setting, but my efforts were completely
>ignored.  Just now, I used the
>explorer->conagent.exe->file->properties route, and !!! it
>worked !!!  My Windows knowledge is even more sketchy than
>my unix skills, so I have no idea what conagent.exe is or
>why it's used (I don't remember ever seeing it mentioned on
>the list), but maybe this will help someone else.
>
>I may even use the PC version occasionally, now!
>

That reminds me of my discovery a few weeks ago when I first installed 
Lynx/32, version 2.8.1 Rel 4.  My DOS screen reading program, 
Vocal-Eyes, can associate configuration files with the running 
application program's name.  I found that the config file Lynx.set 
would not automatically load when I started Lynx.  So I checked, and 
found Vocal-Eyes reporting that the name of the running program was 
Conagent.exe.  So now, my configuration file, which I renamed to 
Conagent.SET, loads automatically.  It must be something in how 
Lynx/32 was compiled.

-- Lloyd Rasmussen
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