Re: LYNX-DEV _Lots_ more on INSTALLATION and SIMPLEDIR

[Nelson Henry Eric]

> Renaming to "keystroke" will do the trick.

Okay, let's do it.  If "keystroke" isn't good, then people on the
list, please speak up now or forever hold your peace.  As soon as I
can, I'll set it up in "http://163.51.110.11/lynxdev/SIMPLEDIR.gz";.

> > I have rewritten SIMPLEDIR so that all one would have to do is "source
> > SIMPLEDIR" from the top directory and it will do all the proposed operations
> 
> Remember that operating systems like DOS don't have "source".

Sorry for the confusion.  "SIMPLEDIR" is the list of commands and patches
that I have been producing to "clean up" the top directory of the Lynx
source distribution.  If it were ever used, it would be used only once, most
likely on Scott's Solaris.  One of the things it does is remove the duplicated
about_lynx-dev.html file you've been trying to get rid of.  The URL is given
above (it has to be compressed to save every scrap of bandwidth), and I
encourage interested parties to comment and criticize away.

> You only need to stubedit cc1.exe.  Cc1plus.exe is the c++ compiler.
> Lynx doesn't use c++, as far as I know.

Well, if you've compiled Lynx successfully, which you have, then you
don't need c++.  Bill, could I have a confirmation?

> > cd ..\..\..
> > cd src\chrtrans
> > make
> > cd ..\..
> > cd www\library\djgpp
> 
> I believe that WWW/Library/djgpp needs to be compiled before
> src/chrtrans, but I haven't checked it.

I didn't put this batch file in the proposed INSTALLATION, but rather
referenced to it as a supporting document in samples/.  It would be nice,
though, to have confirmation on this point, and the next one, too.
(Another query: I personally don't see much efficiency in doing a cd twice.)

> > make -f makefile.dos
> > strip lynx
> > stubify lynx
> > cd ..
> 
> There is no need to "stubify lynx", since version 2 of DJGPP
> automatically makes a "lynx.exe" in addition to lynx.  Indeed, if the
> DOS target is made lynx.exe instead of lynx, only the lynx.exe will be
> made.  Then you can just "strip lynx.exe".

And do people agree that Bill's makefile for the src/chrtrans is
workable?  Without a working makefile, people compiling for DOS are
going to hang up there.  Doug, if you have a spare moment, could you
send the one you use, i.e., the one you create using your patching
method?  Thanks much.

__Henry
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