Re: latest mac edition of Lynx?

In that case, the answer is:

Lynx is a text-based web browser, and the mac equivalent is (wait for 
it)...

Lynx.

On 6/22/2022 8:29 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> 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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