DosLynx Quick Start Home Page

The big news about DosLynx v0.22b is that I've debugged its news client. A new document, NEWSURLS.HTM, describes the news URLs supported. DosLynx runs stronger than ever, now.

As soon as you try it, you'll see that the last line of the messages window is no longer wasted. And, the messages window will now pop up over error.htm, when it gets displayed. So you won't have to fumble around to check it. The Esc key will now provide you with a one key way to close the messages window. I've also added the Tab and shifted Tab keys for selecting anchors.

There are a couple other readme files for DosLynx. One is the again updated README.HTM which still tells about the original features, command line parameters, and other important stuff. There is also a history file which describes the major changes I've made in bringing Doslynx from v0.20b to v0.22b. The history file also contains known bugs or missing features. If you find one that isn't there, please email me at fmacall@nccw.net. Finally, Wayne S. Buttles has provided a little cheat sheet of the key commands to run Doslynx from the keyboard. It includes ones he added.

Remember that you can navigate with your numeric key pad by putting Num Lock ON.

DosLynx no longer contains a built-in graphics viewer. That has been replaced with a swap out and call to DLXVIEW with a parameter naming the .BMP, .GIF, .JPG, .PCX, or .TIF file to be viewed. You may edit DLXVIEW.BAT to invoke your favorite viewer. The DosLynx v0.22b package contains a sample DLXVIEW.BAT which invokes LXPIC (requires CGA+).

DosLynx still has no forms support. But, I've found that Google can be used for searching the Web without it. Simply invoke Google with a URL like http://www.google.com/search?q=+%2Bdos+%2Bpacket+%2Bdriver

As Wayne said: "I have enhanced DosLynx for my own personal enjoyment. It will never be as good as the ['386+ based] versions of Lynx, but at least it is better than nothing. . . . I am just releasing my changes to the general public in hopes that it will help some other Dos User. I have made every attempt to keep it compatible with the lowest IBM-Compatible computer so that the greatest number of people can benefit and I will continue to do so as long as I play with the code."

Good luck, and happy browsing.

Fred C. Macall
25 October 2002