From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 6 01:55:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA19325 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 01:55:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from maui.com (root@waena.mrtc.maui.com [199.4.33.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA19311 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 01:55:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from caliban.dihelix.com (caliban.dihelix.com [199.4.33.251]) by maui.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA11567 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 23:55:37 -1000 Received: (from langfod@localhost) by caliban.dihelix.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) id XAA00239 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 23:55:26 -1000 (HST) Received: from hula.maui.net (hula.maui.net [204.182.52.1]) by caliban.dihelix.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA20061 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:20:16 -1000 (HST) Received: from liquor.cabi.net (liquor.cabi.net [206.112.192.127]) by hula.maui.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA23969 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:22:23 -1000 Received: by liquor.cabi.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA32109; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:28:23 -0500 Resent-Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:28:23 -0500 From: gknauth@BBN.COM Message-Id: <199604041426.JAA32047@liquor.cabi.net> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 96 09:17:39 EST To: java-linux@java.blackdown.org CC: rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: FYI WebCommando (sneaking Linux in via Netscape) Resent-Message-ID: <"wDNFM1.0.5r7.RmzOn"@liquor> Resent-From: java-linux@java.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1567 X-Loop: java-linux@java.blackdown.org Resent-Sender: java-linux-request@java.blackdown.org Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: Keith Bostic > Forwarded-by: jrb@pacificnet.net WebCommando Moves In -------------------- by Adam C. Engst Netscape plug-ins are all the rage these days (see Jeff Carlson's MailBIT above), stuffing multimedia features galore into the overburdened Netscape Navigator browser window. We've got Shockwave playing Director movies, Amber displaying PDF documents, and a host of QuickTime and PlainTalk plug-ins that only work on the Mac. In all this multimedia fuss, a small group of students at Linkoping University in Sweden are fighting back with a new type of plug-in for Netscape. You know how Netscape is attempting to turn Navigator into an operating system in its own right? Well, the new WebCommando plug-in takes that one step further, providing a full Unix-based command-line interface within Netscape Navigator's browser window. Finally! Enough frothy movies and scratchy sounds! Now you can get back to basics with such long-time Unix favorites as ls and cd. Worried about Java applets deleting files? I'd worry more about accidently typing "rm *" in WebCommando. As an added bonus, WebCommando has a couple of Web-specific features. You can grep the contents of Yahoo and Alta Vista with it, and if you need to test a Web page, you can even run Lynx within WebCommando. Pining for pine? Anxious for awk? Sighing for sed? WebCommando is the answer. Installation is a breeze - you just download the plug-in and put it in the plug-ins folder. Make sure Netscape Navigator has at least 32 MB allotted to it and that the disk cache is set to 80 MB, and launch Navigator. The requirements may seem a little steep, but remember that you're running Unix, actually a variant of Linux, within Netscape Navigator.