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DosLynx version 0.25b includes two more new form input controls. These handle the HTML <SELECT . . . and <INPUT TYPE=image . . . tags. On top of the initial installment of forms support already released, these still won't be enough to use a Web Mail service. But, they should provide you with everything you'll need for almost all search type dialogs.

Other enhancements in this version include: A WATTCP update that includes DHCP client support, which had been held back from DosLynx. And an additional push button, in the File|Open URL... dialog box, for selecting "Save Source" or "Download Selection" type handling for directly entered URLs. (That dialog's OK button has been relabeled Open, but functions just as it always has.) A big fix for the FTP client and some other bug fixes make for an ever stronger running version of DosLynx!

To enable DHCP, specify my_ip=DHCP in your DOSLYNX.CFG file. Then, make sure that mss= specifies 576 or more or is allowed to default (to 1400). (There will be absolutely no change in the configuration request transmitted if your DOSLYNX.CFG file is left specifying my_ip=BOOTP.) The release package's sample DOSLYNX.CFG file has comments with more on these things.

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 v0.24b to v0.25b. The history file also contains known bugs or missing features. If you find one that isn't there, or don't like something about the way the forms support is shaping up, 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 v0.25b package contains a sample DLXVIEW.BAT which invokes LXPIC (requires CGA+).

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
17 November 2003