How about some WWW structure to all these papers?

Paul Kainen kainen at cs.UMD.EDU
Thu Jun 23 02:46:51 EDT 1994


Actually, one can already access the archives via web browsers.
For instance, using "lynx" which is available even without being
a node (or a similar approach with Mosaic), one can just type
"lynx ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/neuroprose/" to access
the directory via the WWW.  Thus, lynx actually subsumes gopher
and ftp.  To navigate, you just move the cursor or change the
options page to number the links so that you can just type the
number (usually faster).  Using lynx eliminates the nuisance of
the ftp log-in (which is a sham anyway) and also makes finding
files a lot easier.  The interface is also fairly intelligent so
all you need to do is to type "D" to download the file to your
host (or yourself is you're on the net directly). You are given
a choice to write the resulting file to disk under whatever name
you prefer, and if the file is binary, the transfer mode is set
automatically.  Anyway, there are tutorials on lynx, which is a
neat program by Lou Montulli at the Univ. of Kansas; see, e.g.,
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Lynx/Status.html  (by typing
"lynx" followed by the URL above).

	Paul Kainen (kainen at cs.umd.edu)


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