Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 23:49:38 +0000 () From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: FREEBSD-HACKERS-L <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: httpd as part of the system. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950329234318.6671C-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <199503290307.WAA27916@grendel.csc.smith.edu>
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On Tue, 28 Mar 1995, John Fieber wrote:
>
> I say bring lynx in, but maybe hold off on httpd until it seems
> pretty sure that the features of the help system that would use
> it will be implemented.
I think I've followed this whole thread correctly, and my
interpretation is this: we want to have dynamically generated online
HTML help and search capabilities, but can't afford the extra disk
space an HTTP server requires. Right?
Would it be feasible to write a stripped down server that listens
to port 80 for only a few specific requests (provide HTML versions of
man pages, and a rudimentary search function). I'm sure we don't need
any of the security-related stuff in the NCSA or CERN servers, nor the
ability to handle MIME, nor the need for server-side includes, or
imagemaps, or forms. Well, forms support might be handy. Possible to
write a SimpleHTTPD in, say, perl?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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