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	Lynx HTML entity bug squashed!
	February 01st, 2019
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	The -dump option in Lynx has been fixed in the latest version (Lynx
	2.9.0dev1) , reserved characters, such as ampersand (et), less-than, and
	greater-than, are now converted into HTML entities properly.

	Here's the relevant changelog entry:
	* modify generated HTML when processing -source option for a Gopher menu
	to convert literal "<", "&", and ">" to HTML named entities
	(report/testcase by Zachary Lee Andrews) -TD

	Thanks to Thomas Dickey for fixing it :)

	OpenSUSE Leap 15 currently ships with lynx2.8.9dev.16...
	Here's what I did to update mine to the current version, but enable the
	package manager to update to a newer version should OpenSUSE ever publish
	one:

	Pull-in (as root) the lynx source:
	#zypper source-install lynx

	Take a text editor to /usr/src/packages/SPECS/lynx.spec and change the
	version number in the "%define tarbase" and "Version:" sections...
	Comment out the lynx-helpfile.patch file (originally patch 2), I didn't
	like that patch to begin with :)

	Now compile the new Lynx with:
	#rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/packages/SPECS/lynx.spec

	Compiling will take a bit... After it is done, install it using one of
	these two commands (note: I do not know which one applies to non-x86_64
	arch, sorry):
	#zypper install /usr/src/packages/RPMS/$HOSTTYPE/lynx-2.9*.rpm
	#zypper install /usr/src/packages/RPMS/$CPU/lynx-2.9*.rpm

	zypper will complain about the file not being signed, just hit i to
	ignore it...
	When/if a new version of lynx comes out (probably with Leap 15.1...),
	you can do a zypper dup, zypper will ask if you want to install the new
	version of lynx with a vendor change or if you want to keep the one you
	compiled... Easy!

	Have a lot of fun!
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	lynx is awesome. i use it on linux, but havent been able to
	successfully install on Windows.
	Posted Sat Jul 20 01:47:35 UTC 2019 by 87.118.110.27
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