From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from janina2go.isrd(nyc-dyn-035.cosmoweb.net[208.223.113.55]) (2701 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 27 May 2000 12:59:41 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by janina2go.isrd (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA00779 for ; Sat, 27 May 2000 12:21:53 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: janina2go.isrd: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 12:21:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-Sender: janina@janina2go.isrd To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speech-friendly Lynx configuration In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: I would suggest becoming more familiar with Lynx before jumping to these "fixes." I say this because what you suggest can already be accomplished far more easily through existing tools. I guess today is my day for chiding MS Windows/DOS people to give up their Redmont thinking at the unix door. This is not that country and these are not those customs. I submit the cultural analogy is apt. Please learn more about the customs and usages of unix/linux before trying to make it look and act like Windows/DOS. This is not to say that everything about Windows/DOS is awful. But, then there is a reason why most of us have moved away. On Thu, 25 May 2000, ddunfee.. wrote: > hello, > > because the lynx.cfg is a text file, it should be easy to do a batch file > that allows the user to choose options. the choice could then be appended > to the end of the lynx.cfg file. each item should be discussed in detail > to assist the choice. for example, if one chooses numbered links, the > option of using the number pad as navigation keys is lost. i like this > option because it puts web and page navigation in one place for the right > hand alone and i don't like the aditional chatter of numbered links. > > you might also consider using an alias to start lynx. there are several > items which can be chosen from the command line at start up. these too > might be chosen using a configuration batch file or shell script. an > example of this is the number of web pages to cache in memory for instant > return without downloading again. > > "Nothing needs so reforming as other people's habits." -- Mark Twain > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina@afb.net