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Changes and New
Features in V1.2
The following describes the most significant changes which have
occurred in HTX between versions V1.1 and V1.2
(the current version).
- The default WWW browser used by the findme and
showme commands is now Netscape,
rather than Mosaic. See
§
if you wish to continue using
Mosaic as your browser.
- The HTX_NOLINK environment
variable may now be used to suppress hypertext re-linking when it is not
required.
- HTX now creates a directory ($HOME/.htxtmp by default) to
hold the temporary files used to communicate with WWW browsers. This
enhances the opportunities for communication with browsers running on
other machines. The environment variable
HTX_TMP may be used to
specify an alternative directory for these files if
necessary.
- The method used to pass local documents to the
Netscape WWW browser has changed slightly. This is
because the original mechanism no longer works correctly with recent
versions of Netscape.
- A problem has been fixed which could prevent the Starlink
xdisplay utility from being used by HTX to set the DISPLAY
environment variable on PC Linux systems. This could prevent a WWW
browser from being started unless DISPLAY was already set.
- This document (SUN/188) has been revised and updated.

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HTX Hypertext Cross-Reference Utilities
Starlink User Note 188
R.F. Warren-Smith
6th January 1998
E-mail:rfws@star.rl.ac.uk