Re: [Lynx-dev] maclynx -- utf8-ignore and/or update...

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 26 May 2010, address@hidden wrote:

> hello,
> I managed to get maclynx 2.7.1 beta 1 working on a powerbook 100. it works
> quite well given its age and the changes of the internet in the meantime.

2.7.1 is ancient (1997 or 1998).  The current version of lynx does port
and work on Mac OSX (other people on this list should be able to provide
more information).

> but one problem severely reduces functionality: every time the browser
> meets a site encoded in utf-8 it offers "(D)ownload or (C)ancel". Is there
> a way to make maclynx ignore utf-8 and just render the page in the
> preselected charset? I would not mind if some accented characters on the
> page look strange.
>
> and second, I have found three references that there was an update to
> maclynx some time ago (maclynx 2.7.1. beta 1 update 1; the references were
> from 2004). but the sites were removed. does anybody here know what has
> become of that? I am intrigued, maybe my problem as above has been fixed
> already.
>
> many thanks, regards
> tom
>
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