Re: A2 HTML viewer

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Simon D. Williams wrote:
> mdj wrote:
> > Simon D. Williams wrote:
> > > Has anyone ever tried to write a text-based off-line html browser for the
> > > Apple II? I'm picturing something like a very stripped-down version of
> > > lynx with rudimentary text formatting capabilities and prodosified
> > > hyperlink support... am I the only one who thinks this would be kinda
> > > cool?
> >
> > Contiki has such a thing. If I'm over at my Apple II console though I
> > prefer good old fashioned terminal emulator back to the unix box for
> > such things.
>
> I was under the impression that Contiki needs to be fed via http and
> was unable to browse files on a local Prodos volume... after giving it
> a little thought, I'm starting to think an Apple-specific markup
> language and browser would be relatively easy to develop. Hmmmm.....

I assume it supports the file:// construct within URL's as well, but
I've not tested it personally