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

[Patrick]

On Wed, 26 May 2010 12:19:33 +0200 (CEST)
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.
> 
> 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.

I, uh...  WTF dude, that was me.  That was me, very
enthusiastically messing around in ResEdit.  It was fun, but in
retrospect not very productive [I thought it was a *great* idea
at the time].  The site must have lingered a while, because I
don't remember doing anything with it after 2002.

Just add this to your DOWNLOADER definitions in lynx.cfg ;

DOWNLOADER:Load Internally:OlG1:TRUE

Then, after (D)ownloading a file, the option to `Load Internally'
will be presented to you.

But if your Powerbook is running MacOS X, you should be able to
find a much more recent version of Lynx built for OSX, since the
underlying system is mostly BSD UNIX.  These two look promising;

    http://habilis.net/lynxlet/
    
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lynxtextwebbrowser.html


> 
> many thanks, regards
> tom

Thanks for the memories,

Patrick.
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