Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 21:29:01 -0700 From: "Pedro Giffuni S," <giffunip@asme.org> To: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, sa2c@and.or.jp Subject: Re: Can we erase the linemode browser port? Message-ID: <3440520D.4112@asme.org> References: <XFMail.971011142612.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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It is a good idea to keep it if even only one person uses it. Anyway it should be updated, libwww 5.0 includes a new version. Pedro. Donald Burr wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > My secret spy satellite informs me that on 11-Oct-97, Pedro Giffuni S, > wrote: > > >AFAIK, no one uses this since everyone prefers Lynx. Also this hasn't > >been updated since a long time and it keeps the old 4.0 libwww > >distribution bloating the distfiles. > >Maybe a VM/CMS user may want to update it to navigate using telnet? ;-) > > Actually the linemode browser is very useful for automating web stuff > through shell/Perl/etc. scripts. I've seen scripts that use linemode to > do all sorts of crazy stuff, like automatically posting data into a web > form, mirroring a web site, and various other things. > > - --- > Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your > WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to > Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. > Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.2 > > iQCVAwUBND/u8fjpixuAwagxAQEeyQP/fMw8Fp/U5jAaezPpm/r/WXe7LsMnMPEl > F/Si3YDzIHeXq37R95sxGtXQbhuAZGcD8jENcEb8ICDxG4/O+4khlDzB8Bh6Qaf0 > WshmUzK0QK98mzkh+7QwEnJq6saQDaGiZAG1kz/kWlYgFlhmKBhaBc7kJ7uX5nHo > IGPd4bKnMiM= > =FhUd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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