response 1 of 19:

Feb 4 04:32 UTC 2003

No.

response 3 of 19:

Feb 4 14:07 UTC 2003

Actually, somebody might go ahead and install it as a regular program on Grex.
If it works, why not?

response 5 of 19:

Feb 4 17:25 UTC 2003

I was not demanding anything, just asking for a discussion or advice on what
to do next.  I put a copy into a relatively empty account that we set up for
a friend to get around my disk space limit.  The person who helped me to
compile it did so at my request because I told him I would like to see it used
by everyone here.  Scott, what is the proper procedure for asking someone to
install a new program at grex?  I thought I was supposed to start a
discussion here in coop.

response 7 of 19:

Feb 5 23:07 UTC 2003

The manual page is links.1 (I extracted it from the tar.gz file).  Both files
are now in ~keesan/links-0.98 which tar created.  Valerie suggested I contact
Steve Weiss about copying my files to the appropriate grex directories.  He
is interested in reading other languages and may have fun with Links in
Spanish.  Links did a perfect job of converting an html table to text.

response 9 of 19:

Feb 9 00:25 UTC 2003

Links 2 is the javascript version.  I just tried it out.  It does date/time,
scrolling message, random number generator, browser detected: other, back and
forward buttons (both labelled [IMG]), but not some forms.

Doug says the SunOS patch produced a slightly defective links 0.98 for him,
which crashes at one site.  It does not crash at that site for me.  He sent
me a new improved patch with which to compile a better version.  He thinks
I can compile in the background if I read mail at the same time.  I tried that
one time and got killed.  Perhaps staff would like to use his patch and
compile Links 2 with it.  

This might better go in garage but here it is anyway.

---------------------------------
I had some time to look at links again. The patch I sent you led to a
binary that sometimes has memory problems. My binary crashed repeatedly
when I tried to access "http://www.sabcs.saci.org/". I revised the patch
to compile more cleanly and have better memory handling. Please try
recompiling with this patch. You should be able to apply it to the
standard links-0.98 source code by putting links.pch in the directory
with the links source code, then typing:
"patch -b --verbose < links.pch |& tee patch.log"

That should keep a record in the file "patch.log".

When you try to recompile, to avoid timeouts, you need to compile in the
background and occasionally do something in the foreground. In other
words, you can compile in one step by first going to a bash or sh shell
(i.e. type "bash" or "sh"), then typing:
" nohup ./configure >make.log 2>&1 && make >>make.log 2>&1 && strip links &&
gzexe links >>make.log 2>&1 &"

While it is working in the background, you can read mail, news, etc. so
you don't time out. Get out of bash or sh by typing "exit". You can keep
track of what is happening by looking at make.log with less. Just type
"less make.log", then type "F" to follow the latest progress. CTRL-C
stops you from following the latest data. Then type "Q" to quit less.

response 11 of 19:

Feb 11 01:52 UTC 2003

Sorry for being unresponsive, but I have minimal time for Grex work.  If
I had time for Grex work, it'd probably be focused on getting a new
computer up, or at least doing cool things with Backtalk.

I may be headed for a work slow down, which is bad news for my financial
condition, but might mean that I can put some time into Grex.  I'm
afraid links will be pretty far down my priority list though.

response 13 of 19:

Feb 15 14:47 UTC 2003

There is also a Links 2.0 which does some javascript and which just proved
itself really useful on a page that Lynx showed as nothing but a title.  I
was able to fill in forms there with Links 2.0.  It would be worth compiling
for general use on grex.  I have been using it on a grexer's server.

response 15 of 19:

Feb 16 19:54 UTC 2003

For those who are not sure where Pluto is, Jeremy is the ruler there and he
allows certain people to become his subjects.  Seriously, he has a really nice
server set up connected to a DSL line, where you can browse twice as fast as
you can when grex it at its fastest, using Lynx, Links 0.98, Links 2.0 (with
javascript), elinks, and w3m.  If you want a particular program installed,
ask Jeremy.  It takes 2-3 seconds to telnet to Pluto from grex and there is
also a bbs (a bit empty at the moment) and party.  Those without a way to
telnet (grex dialins who are not paying members) will just have to put up with
grex, so it might still be helpful to have Links installed on grex, but Links
2.0 seems quite a bit more useful.

response 17 of 19:

Feb 16 22:57 UTC 2003

It is not an open system.

response 19 of 19:

Feb 20 04:18 UTC 2003

Jeremy Is the Ruler of Space!