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diff --git a/docs/FM.announce b/docs/FM.announce deleted file mode 100644 index 0b2652bf..00000000 --- a/docs/FM.announce +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -LYNX FILE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT - -New facilities have been added since Lynx 2-3 to provide support -for managing files on the local filesystem. These facilities allow -the user to delete, rename, and re-locate files and/or directories and -to create and/or upload new files and directories. This will mainly -be of interest to systems administrators who are interested in running -lynx as a restricted shell in order to provide controlled access to a -range of services (as in a freenet). It may also be of use at sites -where some of the users are experiencing difficulty with the raw Unix -interface. - -Support for the new facilities is enabled at compile time by defining -the variable `DIRED_SUPPORT' in the `MCFLAGS' list in the Lynx -Makefile, and in the WWW makefile `CommonMakefile'. Runtime support -for disabling the facilities is provided by way of the restriction -`dired_support' which can be set on the command line for a particular -session. - -The Makefile also provides additional compile time flags for -controlling the extent and application of the file management -facilities; specifically, `OK_TAR' which enables support for creating -and expanding tar archives, `OK_GZIP' which enables use of gzip to -compress and decompress files, and `OK_OVERRIDE' which allows access -to the file management facilities directly from the keyboard in -addition to access by way of a file management menu. - -There are two possible modes of operation; the first in which a single -file management menu is invoked via the `f', or `F' key; the second, -in which the more often used facilities are made available directly -from the keyboard in addition to access via the menu. The second -method provides a much better user interface but requires re-mapping -some of the keys from their standard lynx interpretation, temporarily -when file management mode is in effect. For example, if OK_OVERRIDE is -defined at compile-time, then the line at the bottom of the screen, in -novice mode, will be - - C)reate D)ownload E)dit F)ull menu M)odify R)emove T)ag U)pload - -rather than the standard second noviceline, - - H)elp O)ptions P)rint G)o M)ain screen Q)uit /=search [delete]=history list - -when the user is browsing part of the file system. If OK_OVERRIDE is not -defined then all access to file management functionality must be by way -of the menu. The only exception is that the facility to tag files for -subsequent removal and/or re-location is always available directly from -the keyboard using `t', and `T'. - -This is a first release of the file management enhancements and suggestions -for improvements are welcome. Among the enhancements which are currently -being considered are facilities for changing file access attributes, and -a facility for listing and extracting part of an archive. - -In order to use the file management facilities you may either point -the program at a directory on the command line or point the program at -an html file which contains a link of the following form: - - <a href="file://localhost/~/"> Manage Personal Directory ? </a> - -where the anchor `file://localhost/~/' implies a reference to -/home/username. Because the `~/' in a file URL is converted to -`/home/username' regardless of origin, these facilities also work when -the anchor shown above is served from an http server as well. In -either case the reference is to files on the local system and not -files in the domain of the server. - -By default the file listing is in standard Unix mixed format, but you -may use the Options menu to select WWW `directories first' format, or -`files first' format if you prefer. - -Rick Mallett, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada. (rmallett@ccs.carleton.ca) |