LYNX-DEV Lynx foreign commands on VMS

[Foteos Macrides]

Jamie Hendricks <address@hidden> wrote to me
                                                  instead of lynx-dev:
>I am trying to run lynx from my VAX 6.2 account here at Eastern Connnecticut
>State University.
>
>I would like to insert a command line in my login.com so that all I have to do
>is type something like  "vaxhelp" and it will jump to Eastern's homepage for
>vax help.
>
>I have inserted the following command in my login.com but it does not work
>
>$  vaxhelp :== lynx "http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/help";
>
>Could you help me?

        You need to specify translation of your lynx foreign command
within the vaxhelp foreign command:

$ vaxhelp :== 'lynx' "http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/help";

        Alternatively you can specify the path to the lynx image, e.g.:
        
$ vaxhelp :== Lynx_Dir:lynx "http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/help";

        We use  lyh*elp  for that command name, so that the users need
enter only  lyh  as the command.  "ly" is a good prefix on VMS because
there are no native commands which begin with those two letters, so you
can include the asterisk in lynx-based services to keep the minimum
string requirements short.

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