Re: [Lynx-dev] latest mac edition of Lynx?

[Travis Siegel]

In that case, the answer is:

Lynx is a text-based web browser, and the mac equivalent is (wait for 
it)...

Lynx.

On 6/22/2022 8:29 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> no, that was not the question at all.
> In fact, this person has a Braille display and cannot get voice dream 
> reader for  the mac to work well.
> i shared how I use lynx, load the .xml file provided by bookshare and 
> save it  as a text file, stating clearly that I am not   using the mac 
> to do this, or using braille  at all.
> Their question was.
> Karen, what is lynx, and what is the mac equivalent?
> So, probably for a conversation to which you are not  a party indeed 
> makes things complicated...and a longer thread.
> karen
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2022, Travis Siegel wrote:
>
> > The simple answer is that the latest version of lynx available for 
> > mac is the same exact version of lynx available for any other 
> > platform, (whatever that may be at the time of asking).
> >
> > My answer was simply an explanation of how versions that were not 
> > posted on the web site (if indeed they were posted) could be created 
> > for the mac.
> >
> > Not trying to be difficult here, but the question the original person 
> > probably wanted to know is:
> >
> > What version of lynx is posted on the official site for OSX.
> >
> > Since that wasn't the question actually presented, I simply answered 
> > how the original poster could obtain the latest version of lynx with 
> > some information about having trouble with a particular package 
> > system, thereby warning them they could use said system, but that it 
> > might cause them problems.
> >
> > Nothing says you have to like the answer I gave, but to be perfectly 
> > fair, it is a valid answer, whether you like the answer or not.
> >
> >
> > On 6/22/2022 7:59 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > >  Travis,
> > >  As expressed, this question is not for me, with your answers far 
> > > afield
> > >  from the  simple information sought.
> > >  on the lynx.browser.org page mac os x is listed as an option, with my
> > >  recalling  a list member getting help using that edition for site
> > >  testing.
> > >  However, that does not tell me what the current lynx edition is for 
> > > mac,
> > >  which is the question I was asked.
> > >  best,
> > >  Karen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Wed, 22 Jun 2022, Travis Siegel wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Been a while since I had a working mac, but last time I did, 
> > > compiling >  one from source was trivial, and caused no issues. 
> > > (this is almost >  always how I handle opensource software), 
> > > especially since on mac, the > macports they have that is supposed 
> > > to make things easier trashed my >  machine once, so I will never 
> > > use that particular cludge again.  On the >  other hand, the lynx 
> > > download page does have various versions, though I >  don't know if 
> > > there's one there for mac or not.
> > > > >  As far as putting it into a section on the finder menus, that's 
> > > easy >  enough (assuming it hasn't changed), just use root access to 
> > > copy the >  program to the folder in question, and problem solved. 
> > > On the other >  hand, since it's a terminal program, you may need to 
> > > create a script to >  launch it with the particular environment you 
> > > want, as I'm not sure if >  it picks up the terminal defaults when 
> > > being launched from finder.
> > > > >  Probably doesn't answer the question, but it may give enough 
> > > for the >  original poster to figure out what's necessary.
> > > > > >  On 6/22/2022 10:26 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > > > >   Hi folks,
> > > > >   A question from the voiceover list to which I belong.
> > > > >   I recall that there is a lynx compile for mac os X but am 
> > > unsure of > >  how
> > > > >   updated.  Also can lynx be say added to the browser 
> > > applications > >  folder,
> > > > >   or must it be run in terminal?
> > > > >   Thanks,
> > > > >   Karen
> > > > > > > > > >