Hint for Lynx users

If you logon to a Unix host, and access World Wide Web resources by using the following kind of commands:

    lynx http://home.eunet.no/~presno/index.html

then this is for you. The trick below may save you a lot of time!

Getting ready

As a registered reader of The Online World resources handbook, you can have the hypertext chapters sent to you on diskette every second month.

Another alternative is to retrieve a PKZipped version of the handbook after each update, or whenever you feel like it.

Send the .htm files from the distribution file to your Internet access provider's computer. Save them in your home directory on your host's disk.

The handbook's index is key. This file is called index.htm. When all files are in place, view it by entering the following command

    lynx index.htm

The index page will appear on your screen. Enter 'a', followed by 'd' to add Document to your Lynx bookmark file.

Enter 'v' to view the bookmark file. Select 'The Online World resources handbook' and the index will reappear.

The next time

Logon to your host as usual. You can get to your local copy of the handbook's index in several ways, for example by entering the command

  lynx index.htm

However, most of the time you may start Lynx to get to another page on the Web. Suddenly, you want to confer with the handbook. Press 'v' to view your bookmarks, and select "The Online World resources handbook."

Simple, and above all: FAST!

Upgrading

When you receive your upgrade diskette, just save it in your home directory thus overwriting the old version. That's all.

Enjoy!

Odd de Presno

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