Re: Issue With Windows Version Of Lynx Browser

On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 02:23:44PM -0400, Ron Canazzi wrote:
> Hello Group,
> 
> I have been a long time Windows user and am pretty proficient with that OS
> as well as the Apple system.  I stumbled across the Lynx browser online a
> while back and it reminds me of the good old days of Unix Shell operation
> before the days of the specialized browsers with graphics and video/audio. I
> wanted to see if I could get this port to function on my system.
...
> I got both of them to run, except for one major issue. I cannot view local
> files on my Windows system.  If I press the G for Go to URL and type in
> file://localhost/ and a path to a local folder or file, I get an error

But typing "." should put you into the local file-browser.

(The Windows port has to handle device names, and mapping "file:" to
device names might be the feature that's not working).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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