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From: cook@wvnvms.wvnet.edu (George Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Mosaic 2.6 for VMS beta release now available
Message-ID: <1995Nov8.080006.16244@wvnvms>
Date: 8 Nov 95 08:00:06 EST
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing
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After two weeks of alpha level testing, a VMS port of NCSA Mosaic 2.6
is finally ready for a beta release.  A zip file (MOSAIC2_6-1B.ZIP) is
available via anonymous ftp on wvnvms.wvnet.edu in [.MOSAIC].  Once it
is unzipped, information on how to build it is in README.VMS-2_6-1.
The build requires a C compiler (either DEC C or VAX C) and either UCX
or MultiNet.  The build can be done with MMS (or Madgoat's MMK) or with
the command procedure MAKE_MOSAIC.COM.  The anonymous ftp area also
contains exe files for both Alpha and VAX which were built using
MultiNet and DEC C on OpenVMS 6.1.  File README.BUGS in the anonymous
ftp area will contain the latest information on any bugs and bug fixes
for this release; please check it before reporting problems.

This beta release (2.6-1b) has several features from NCSA Mosaic 2.7b2
including the version 6 Jpeg library and the HTML table enable/disable
option.  Work which still needs to be done includes adding support for
in-line PNG images and cleaning up the Mailto: interface.  Adding support
for SOCKETSHR/NETLIB is also being considered; this would allow Mosaic
to work with any of the TCP/IP packages supported by SOCKETSHR/NETLIB.

This release is, for the most part, bug for bug compatible with NCSA
Mosaic.  In particular, the HTML table support works exactly as it does
in the official NCSA Mosaic 2.7b2 release.  Table support is disabled
by default but can be enabled on the fly with the "Table Support" option
setting.  Please do not report perceived problems with table support to
me unless Mosaic is aborting or reporting an error.

A mailing-list, VMS-MOSAIC, to help support the use of MOSAIC on VMS
has been created by Arne Vajhøj.  Its welcome message, which includes
information on how to subscribe, is attached below.


George Cook
cook@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
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Welcome to the VMS-MOSAIC mailing-list !

The topic of this list is the use and development of VMS MOSAIC with focus
on bug-fixes and implementation of new features. The intended audience is
both programmers and users. General questions about HTML and WWW are best
dealt with in other forums. 

You subscribe by sending the command:
  SUBSCRIBE VMS-MOSAIC
to the address:
  VMS-MOSAIC-REQUEST@HHS.DK

You post by mailing to the address:
  VMS-MOSAIC@HHS.DK

You signoff by sending the command:
  UNSUBSCRIBE VMS-MOSAIC
to the address:
  VMS-MOSAIC-REQUEST@HHS.DK

(please note the syntax, which is different from the BITNET LISTSERV syntax)

Please direct any questions regarding list-management to
POSTMASTER@HHS.DK (or ARNE@KO.HHS.DK).