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- Path: wichita.fn.net!tron
- From: Nate Dannenberg <tron@wichita.fn.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Helpful Lynx Browser info!
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:06:31 -0600
- Organization: Feist Connections
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-
- I figured there are a number of people trying to get the Lynx web browser
- to do a couple of handy things for us Commodore users:
-
-
- 1) Download a file to the Commodore without using your home directory
-
- 2) Recognize a Commodore file extension (such as .SFX) as binary, not text.
-
-
- Well, I fiddled around with it for a few hours and finally got both of the
- above to work! The references to "your provider" or "your home directory"
- refer to the 5 or so Megabytes of storage space you are given on your
- Internet provider's computer. Your own computer I will refer to as "your
- Commodore" or "your system."=20
-
- On my BSD 4.3 based internet provider, I put these commands into a file
- called "lynx.cfg".. They allow me to download directly to my Commodore,
- or just save to my home diectory for later retrieval.=20
-
- ---- Text Import Begin ----
-
- DOWNLOADER:Download With Z-Modem:sz %s.foo %s:TRUE
- DOWNLOADER:Download With Y-Modem:sb %s.foo %s:TRUE
- SUFFIX:.sfx:self-dissolve/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.sda:self-dissolve/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.wav:wave-file/windows
- SUFFIX:.mod:audio/protracker
- SUFFIX:.raw:audio/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.mus:music/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.str:stereo-music/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.slr:self-dissolve-music/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.sal:self-dissolve-music/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.msw:self-dissolve-music/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.lha:archive/amiga
- SUFFIX:.arc:archive/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.lnx:archive/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.ark:archive/commodore-64
- SUFFIX:.bco:bcode-ace/commodore-128
- SUFFIX:.uue:uuencode-file
- SUFFIX:.uu:uuencode-file
- SUFFIX:.prg:commodore-64-program
- SUFFIX:.c64:commodore-64-program
- SUFFIX:.d64:archive/c64-emulator
-
- ---- Text Import End ----
-
- The SUFFIX commands define a number of file extensions used on the=20
- Commodore, and a few that are noramlly PC related that are also used=20
- on Commodore (such as *.WAV and *.MOD).
-
- On my provider's copy of Lynx, any suffixes that are given a description
- that Lynx doesn't recognize, will be treated as Binary files. Since none
- of the above descriptions mean anything to Lynx, all of the above suffixes
- are forced to binary mode. The descriptions will be shown as the "content
- type" tag you sometimes see at the bottom of the screen during a download.=
- =20
-
- This should help those who have had trouble getting Lynx to use Binary=20
- mode on some Commodore files.
-
- The DOWNLOADER=A0commands add Zmodem and Ymodem download options to your
- Lynx "DOWNLOAD OPTIONS" screen (the screen you get after you press "D"=20
- and wait for a few seconds). You will be asked to enter a filename. You
- should just hit return at this prompt, to keep the filename you are given,
- otherwise the file will not be downloaded. If the filename you are given=
- =20
- is not satisfactor, you will have to use the "Save To Disk" option=20
- instead, to rename the file. Then you must download it later outside of=20
- Lynx.
-
- ----
-
- To install the commands above, write them into a file called "lynx.cfg"=20
- and put this in your home directory. If these commands do not take=20
- effect the next time you use Lynx, you have two routes to take:
-
- A) Email your system administrator and ask him/her to move your "lynx.cfg"=
- =20
- file into the appropriate place on the provider's computer. Be sure=20
- to keep a backup of this file in your home directory.
-
- B) Create a macro key that uses a command line option in Lynx, to force=20
- it to read your file where it sits. That macro would read:
-
- lynx -cfg=3Dlynx.cfg [return]
-
- I=A0chose both options.. I emailed the system admin, and also created the=
- =20
- F-Key as above, also with my home page address tacked on the end before=20
- the final [return] mark.
-
- That home page contains 7 search engine links, and a number of Commodore
- (and a few not-so-Commodore) related items. The address is:=20
-
- http://www.fn.net/~tron
-
-
- Have fun... =20
-
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ** DISCLAIMER: I=A0can't guarentee the above proceedures will work **
- ** on your provider, or that they will work as intended, so I take no **
- ** responsibility for anything that these proceeures may cause! **
- ************************************************************************
-