Re: latest mac edition of Lynx?

no, that was not the question at all.
In fact, this person has a Braille display and cannot get voice dream 
reader for  the mac to work well.
i shared how I use lynx, load the .xml file provided by bookshare and save 
it  as a text file, stating clearly that I am not   using the mac to do 
this, or using braille  at all.
Their question was.
Karen, what is lynx, and what is the mac equivalent?
So, probably for a conversation to which you are not  a party indeed makes 
things complicated...and a longer thread.
karen



On Wed, 22 Jun 2022, Travis Siegel wrote:

> The simple answer is that the latest version of lynx available for mac is the 
> same exact version of lynx available for any other platform, (whatever that 
> may be at the time of asking).
>
> My answer was simply an explanation of how versions that were not posted on 
> the web site (if indeed they were posted) could be created for the mac.
>
> Not trying to be difficult here, but the question the original person 
> probably wanted to know is:
>
> What version of lynx is posted on the official site for OSX.
>
> Since that wasn't the question actually presented, I simply answered how the 
> original poster could obtain the latest version of lynx with some information 
> about having trouble with a particular package system, thereby warning them 
> they could use said system, but that it might cause them problems.
>
> Nothing says you have to like the answer I gave, but to be perfectly fair, it 
> is a valid answer, whether you like the answer or not.
>
>
> On 6/22/2022 7:59 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>  Travis,
>>  As expressed, this question is not for me, with your answers far afield
>>  from the  simple information sought.
>>  on the lynx.browser.org page mac os x is listed as an option, with my
>>  recalling  a list member getting help using that edition for site
>>  testing.
>>  However, that does not tell me what the current lynx edition is for mac,
>>  which is the question I was asked.
>>  best,
>>  Karen
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  On Wed, 22 Jun 2022, Travis Siegel wrote:
>> 
>> >  Been a while since I had a working mac, but last time I did, compiling 
>> >  one from source was trivial, and caused no issues. (this is almost 
>> >  always how I handle opensource software), especially since on mac, the 
>> >  macports they have that is supposed to make things easier trashed my 
>> >  machine once, so I will never use that particular cludge again.  On the 
>> >  other hand, the lynx download page does have various versions, though I 
>> >  don't know if there's one there for mac or not.
>> > 
>> >  As far as putting it into a section on the finder menus, that's easy 
>> >  enough (assuming it hasn't changed), just use root access to copy the 
>> >  program to the folder in question, and problem solved. On the other 
>> >  hand, since it's a terminal program, you may need to create a script to 
>> >  launch it with the particular environment you want, as I'm not sure if 
>> >  it picks up the terminal defaults when being launched from finder.
>> > 
>> >  Probably doesn't answer the question, but it may give enough for the 
>> >  original poster to figure out what's necessary.
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  On 6/22/2022 10:26 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> > >   Hi folks,
>> > >   A question from the voiceover list to which I belong.
>> > >   I recall that there is a lynx compile for mac os X but am unsure of 
>> > >  how
>> > >   updated.  Also can lynx be say added to the browser applications 
>> > >  folder,
>> > >   or must it be run in terminal?
>> > >   Thanks,
>> > >   Karen
>> > > 
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