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[sindi keesan <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org>]

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, JP Piers wrote:

> le Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:56:28 -0400 (EDT)
> sindi keesan <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org> écrit:
> 
> Hi Sindi and the list
> 
> > ----------- I run Links 2.1.9 the same way as Links 0.93 (I changed the
> > name of the former from links to links 219).  I run it in console mode,
> > and it uses the configuration file that I already set up for Links 0.9.3. 
> > 
> > What do you mean by 'get graphics'?  I was able to display a jpeg with
> 

> try to lanch it with -g options you will see ... all pages are good and
> graphics are online ... 

You mean that you see inline graphics instead of having to go to a link
for each graphic and view it on a separate screen?  Is this only when you
run Links under X?  (Which I don't have working yet).  
 
> I have no lynx and it is really an old "dinosaure" compare to links 2.1.9
Lynx works for me at many sites where Links (any version) is useless, 
including the site where all I saw were three copies of link [1] and I
could not access any of the links (www.mcelroytranslation.com) which is
the first site I went to with Links 2.1.9 to try out the javascript.  I
have tried Links 0.93 at about 6 webmail sites and it flunked half of
them.  Lynx worked on all of them.  I have it set to use Links as a
downloader (you view the site with Lynx, if it it not easy to read then
view it again with Links, or w3m).   I will keep trying the newer Links.

>  
> > Is there any advantage to using Links 2 from X instead of console? 
(Other than not needing to install seejpeg).  If not, I would appreciate a
> > version of Links 2.1.9 compiled for console only (and if possible no mouse
> > or NLS support).  But it would probably still be too large for the RAMdisk
> > BL2 because javascript makes things bigger. 
> 
> you do not need seejpeg ...
 
But I have seejpeg already.  I needed it anyway for Lynx.  It works fine. 
I will try to get Links/X working and determine the differences for
myself. 

> yes it cannot be on the ramdisk or it need to compil a new kernel with
> larger ramdisk support ( maybee i never do that ... ) or maybee with
> cramfs support

What is cramfs?

> i compile only for all purpose not for specific it's not difficult to do
> it your self get the D series from slackware then do in the source
> directory of what you want to compil ./configure --help to seee options
> then make and make install

I don't have 100M of free space for the compiler, or the time to download
100M of files to compile with (at about 1.5K/second).  Next computer will
be bigger, and I have a friend who just got a DSL line. 

> > > Is it possible to use plugins with the X but not the console
> version? 

I will do research on this - nobody seems to know the answer.  I think I
read that Links 2.0 for X could do Realaudio.