From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 6 06:18:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA27100 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 06:18:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA27091 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 06:18:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199710061318.JAA27727@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:22:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Wes Peters cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft brainrot (was: r-cmds and DNS and /etc/host.conf) In-Reply-To: <199710050350.VAA07212@obie.softweyr.ml.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Wes Peters wrote: > Jamie Bowden writes: > > If you can support lynx, you can support anything. I would make that the > > LCD mark. Lynx is apparently gaining nice features while retaining its > > X independence. > > OK, Jamie, now you've stepped in it. You're nominated our Lynx expert. > No, no, don't bother kicking and screaming, we're not going to remove > the nomination and YOU don't get to vote, because you're not on the team > until you become the Lynx expert. Catch-22, see? Damn. Can I kick and scream for fun then? > > How many of the following features does Lynx currently support? > > [ ] HTML 2.0 Forms. > > [ ] Secure document communication via SSL. > > [ ] Local server communication via a UNIX-domain socket. None. I said gaining, not has. :) It is annoying that lynx can't hadle tables well enough to move around in them, but the point was that it works on anything from a serial terminal to X. > > And remember, any of them that are not currently implemented fall into > your hands, because you are now our Lynx expert, right? ;^) > Heh. The last thing you will ever want to deal with is code that I might write. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com > Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net Abusenet: The Misinformation Superhighway