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Grex Internet Item 29: The Lynx / WWW Item
Entered by carl on Fri Feb 25 22:28:20 UTC 1994:

Many thanks to Steve (srw) for installing lynx!  I've been hoping we
could get a connection to the World Wide Web, and it now exists.

I've been write some hypertext files (just type "lynx" and you'll
see some of my work), and "marking up" some of popcorn's files (which
are about Unix and stored locally).

What would you like to see on these menus?  Do you have or know of
files that could be "marked up?"  Are there links or subjects that
you'd like to see added?

12 responses total.

#1 of 12 by raven on Fri Feb 25 23:13:38 1994:

        We have lynx! Wow thanks to all involved I'm gonig to check it out
right now.

#2 of 12 by carl on Thu Mar 10 16:37:49 1994:

I'm happy to announce that one of my original goals has been reached!

We now have access to an online newspaper.  As of 11:00 this morning,
it was yesterday's issue of _USA_Today_.  My guess is that it will be
replaced daily and that we will continue to get free access to it,
however, both of these are assumptions at this point.

It is listed in the Internet section under "News and Weather" and
"What's New on the Internet?"

#3 of 12 by bsp on Mon Mar 14 07:08:47 1994:

If anyone is interested I have Yanoffs List in html format. ;-)

#4 of 12 by srw on Mon Mar 14 15:06:01 1994:

Thanks, Brad, but I think we're set. 

When you run Lynx on Grex as a non-member, the html isn't so useful, since
you can't follow the links out onto the net anyway. So, for non-members,
we have a local copy in text form, and there are also instructions
available on how to dial up a public Lynx Client at Michigan State via
Merit (for us Michigan people). This gives everyone access to the WWW via
Lynx. Just start Lynx on grex and follow the WWW pick. 

For Grex Members, A pointer to Yanoff's list can be found by choosing
"Internet" and then "Internet Connections" and then "Telnet Sources"
Scott Yanoff's list is pointed to at CERN. The advantage of using a pointer
(URL) on the WWW rather than a local copy, is that we don't have to worry
about updating it.

#5 of 12 by mwarner on Thu Feb 23 00:41:13 1995:

I have a tutorial on html from Jeff Brown, U. of Houston stored at:

/u/mwarner/www/html

It is in some ways similar to other entry level "how-to" html guides, but
it has the advantage of having been written as course information and so
contains an overview of context for those interested in such things.  By
the last half of the document, some more complex (relatively) stuff is
laid out fairly well.

  This is not an html file, and so is best read using "more".  If srw or
carl want to grab this, I think the listserve information is in the
document; or they could take a copy of my file.  I'll be moving it off-grex
eventually.

#6 of 12 by albaugh on Mon Dec 4 21:34:19 1995:

Does anyone have a list, or can direct me where to browse a list, of the
various error codes and their meanings associated with the dreaded "Error -
Forbidden by rule" screen?  I tried browsing the CERN pages looking for
this, but didn't see anything obvious.  The latest one I'm interested in
is 403, which I received when I tried to see a .jpg URL on one of the
grex member's pages.  I thought maybe this was due to grex' prohibition on
graphics in web pages, but then I saw janc's photo on *his* page, so...

#7 of 12 by remmers on Tue Dec 5 12:03:20 1995:

Jan's photo is stored on another site, so grex's graphics prohibition
doesn't apply.

#8 of 12 by srw on Sun Dec 10 02:56:23 1995:

Indeed the "rule" is stored in the server's rule file. Our server has rules
that prohibit files with those names, so that is definitely the cause of that
error. 

I have been notifying members who are keeping graphic pages on Grex that they
have to find another site for their pages.

#9 of 12 by awijaya on Fri Aug 15 15:35:38 1997:

Hi, FYI you can run Lynx from DOS using Bobcat or DJ Delorie.
The DJ version is based on 2.7 and need 386. The Bobcat
is based on 2.4. For further information see www.fdisk.com/doslynx
You can browse using remote Telnet lynx bbrowser from
info.funet.fi or trfn.clpgh.org.
Regards (AW)

#10 of 12 by sankarkd on Thu Nov 23 06:58:35 2000:

Hello! is there any option in lynx so that i can
auto refresh a website?

#11 of 12 by keesan on Mon Dec 4 04:50:13 2000:

For help with lynx, while in lynx, type ?  For options type o.
I did not run across any such option.

#12 of 12 by marksmith on Mon Sep 23 13:48:33 2013:

How do you use lynx? I'm using plink (command-line version of Putty) and it
prints all these wierd characters and I can't use arrow keys for navigation.
Any help?

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