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diff --git a/INSTALLATION b/INSTALLATION index 4b78b55f..a7cfb9b4 100644 --- a/INSTALLATION +++ b/INSTALLATION @@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ II. Compile instructions -- UNIX bzip2, uudecode, zcat, zip, telnet, tn3270, rlogin. (Not all of them are used on all systems or in all configurations.) + This option makes Lynx simpler to install, but potentially less secure, + since the commands are then set in the user's $PATH. All of these + commands may also be overridden individually by setting environment + variables before configuring. For example, you can disable the telnet + command by doing this: + + setenv TELNET /bin/false + --disable-included-msgs Do not use included messages, for i18n support. If NLS support is requested, the configure script will otherwise use the messages in the @@ -326,7 +334,8 @@ II. Compile instructions -- UNIX --enable-color-style (define USE_COLOR_STYLE) Use this option to enable optional and *experimental* color style. - (Also defines USE_HASH, LINKEDSTYLES) + This is implemented for curses (if it supports color), ncurses and + PDCurses, but not slang. (Also defines USE_HASH, LINKEDSTYLES) --enable-debug (The symbol DEBUG is always defined.) Use this option to compile-in support for debugging. @@ -464,6 +473,10 @@ II. Compile instructions -- UNIX --with-screen=ncurses (define NCURSES) --with-screen=slang (define USE_SLANG) + Note that some systems may have a default curses library which + does not support color, while on others, ncurses is installed as + the curses library. + --with-socks (define SOCKS) Use this option to configure with the socks library. @@ -509,6 +522,13 @@ II. Compile instructions -- UNIX the configure script) you may have to specify these via the $LIBS variable. + Lynx has compiled-in the pathnames of various programs which it executes. + Normally the full pathnames are given, rather than the program name + alone. These may be preset in the environment by the capitalized version, + e.g., INSTALL for "install". The corresponding internal definitions + are suffixed "_PATH", e.g., "INSTALL_PATH". + + -- 1997/7/27 - T. Dickey <dickey@clark.net> 1e. Examples |