Re: [MacPerl] perl 5, html, tight memory

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

Michael T Hammond <hammond@U.Arizona.EDU> writes:
>I recently installed perl506 and deleted all the html docs thinking they 
>were redundant. I then discovered they're not. I'm running it all on my 
>laptop and my memory configuration is real tight. I don't have a 
>full-blown web browser like netscape on it either. (limited memory, no 
>web access at home, etc.)
>
>The question: is there a real low memory mac html reader/decoder I can 
>put on my laptop so I can have the documentation?

I think in the leanness & meanness department, MacWeb is still ahead:

http://galaxy.einet.net/EINet/MacWeb/MacWebHome.html

> (Likewise, i didn't install the "configure" package.)

You should, though. The memory overhead is minimal (~20K, I'd estimate).

Matthias

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