For Ms. Parsons

For Ms. Parsons

[Dave Hunt]

Anne:

My big brother database doesn't have your email in it, so, I'm sending
here.  Below are the emacs variable and script needed in order to get
SSL working in w3.



Here's the bit from my "~/.emacs" for w3.  YOur milage may vary...

;;; emacs w3 stuff here...
(setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" load-path))
(condition-case () (require 'w3-auto "w3-auto") (error nil))
(setq url-cookie-file "/home/dave/w3.cookies")
(setq url-privacy-level 'none)
(setq url-mail-command 'vm-mail)
(setq ssl-program-name "start_ssl"
      ssl-program-arguments '("s_client" "-quiet" "-host" host "-port"
                              service
                              "-verify" (int-to-string ssl-certificate-verification-policy)
                              "-CApath" ssl-certificate-directory))
(setq max-specpdl-size 10000)




The script "~/start_ssl" is below.


#!/bin/bash
# this script called by emacs-w3 to start ssl client
#redirect stderr so emacs doesn't barf on opensll
exec 2>/dev/null
exec openssl "$@"







Hope this helps,



-Dave

For Ms. Parsons

[Ann Parsons]

Hi Dave,

Yes, this helps, but I must confess that I'm going about learning
Linux and Emacs in a sort of a reverse way.  when I started, I had
someone set it all up for me.  Now, I am at the point of learning
about where things are set up and how.  So, where do I put these two
slices of code?  I assume the shell script goes in usr/local/bin?
Where does the other slice of code go, in the .w3 file?  Please
advise.  Thanks.

Ann P.

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			Ann K. Parsons  
email:  akp@eznet.net 			ICQ Number:  33006854
WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
"All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT

For Ms. Parsons

[Dave Hunt]

Amme,

The Lisp code goes into your "~/.emacs" file.  The shell script goes
wherever you want, just make sure emacs can find it.  Be sure that the
'openssl' package is installed, first.  I suspec it is, since you can
do other ssl things. 

Is ok that someone set things up for you, first.  After all, without a
working system, you can't do anything real:).  


-Dave

For Ms. Parsons

[Ann Parsons]

Hi Dave,

<smile>  OK, great!  I'll experiment later today.  

Yes, you're right about having a system that works.  It is a better
platform from which to work, especially if you're like me.  I have to
see something before I can understand what it is and how it should
work.  

BTW, you don't need to call me Ms. Parsons.  That makes me feel old,
and anything that makes me feel old is not a good thing.  I'm turning
fifty next year, and the prospect is daunting!  My name's Ann.

Ann P.
 
-- 
			Ann K. Parsons  
email:  akp@eznet.net 			ICQ Number:  33006854
WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
"All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT

For Ms. Parsons

[Dave Hunt]

Ok, Anne,

It's just that you're a teacher and all *smile*.  Couldn't help it.

What worked for me was to have a system which, though minimal, was
fully functional.  I could then learn by adding capabilities.
Zipspeak is a good example.  It's a mini-distro.

-Dave