ELinks

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT ENTIRELY BEFORE REPORTING BUGS! ELinks v0.4 pre 6 ================= Hi all, this is a pre-compiled OS/2 binary of ELinks. For those who don't know, ELinks is a branch from the main Links development, including several fixes and enhancements. Links, in turn, is a text-mode web browser, which is able to correctly display tables and frames, and to render correctly most pages, even if they include several graphical elements. It is ideal for quick navigation, without banners, ads and other unwanted contents. This build is SSL enabled, and the ZIP contains precompiled DLLs for the OpenSSL 0.9.6 library. This build is also Lua enabled, but it DOES NOT contain the Lua interpreter and libraries. You need to download it from the same site where you downloaded this package. The name of the Lua package is Lua40.zip. Lua is a scripting language, and it is used in ELinks to allow the final user to make customizations in the way the browser works. ELinks contains some "hooks" that can be used by Lua scripts. Please note that you WILL NOT SEE ANY DIFFERENCE between a Lua-enhanced version of ELinks and a non-Lua-enhanced version. ELinks does not include any (enabled) script in the standard distribution. BTW, I'm including a few contibuted Lua scripts in the /contrib subdirectory. They are well commented, and installing them is easy (but see the FAQ at the end of this document). I've done it, and they're working quite well. They provide some nice functional enhancements. Requirements ^^^^^^^^^^^^ - EMX runtime libraries. Better use the latest release (0.9d fix 4) - gcc29166.dll (included) for the OpenSSL DLLs - The Lua interpreter package (Lua40.zip) You may want to get the uname.exe utility (from the GNU shell utilities, on hobbes.nmsu.edu or www.leo.org), though not strictly required (and NOT included). Finally, you need to have the HOME environment variable set, because ELinks will store its configuration files there. FAQ ^^^ Q: I can't save my settings, because ELinks tell me "access denied". A: ELinks has a bug currently that prevents it from saving its settings on OS/2. Start ELinks with the option "-secure-save 0", and it will work as expected. You only need to specify this option once, as it will be saved in the config file and reused even if not specified again. Q: What's this elinks.cmd file? A: I use it to launch ELinks, because I find it more convenient. I'm sharing it with you in the hope that you'll find it useful. Q: Why isn't elinks.cmd working? A: You're supposed to have the "console" program to make use of it. "console" is a little program that is able to set up a VIO window for you, with the desired font and of the desired dimensions. You should be able to find it on hobbes (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu). The author is Andrew Zabolotny. Obviously, you should also customize the directory names, since they probably don't exist on your system. Q: Why does ELinks dumps core everytime I exit from the program? A: ELinks 0.4 pre 6 should not dump core anymore. At least it doesn't here. BTW, please keep in mind that this is an experimental non-stable release, so it might (and probably does) contain bugs or half-implemented features. There is a stable branch of ELinks, but I'm not interested in compiling it because 0.4pre6 is stable enough for me. You can always compile it yourself :-). Q: When I try to install the new Lua bookmarks system I get a few errors at startup, and the usual bookmarks system is used afterwards. A: You need to enable system_functions in the hooks.lua script, because the bm.lua script need to be able to read/write the bookmarks to your hard disk. Contact info ^^^^^^^^^^^^ My name is Cristiano Guadagnino, and you can reach me at criguada@tin.it. I am NOT the author of Links or ELinks. I simply compiled it, since the OS/2 community was missing a pre-compiled binary of ELinks with SSL and Lua support. I am sharing it in the hope that someone will find it useful. . Links author and main developer: Mikulas Patocka (http://links.browser.org) . ELinks developer: Petr "Pasky" Baudis (http://elinks.pld.org.pl)