Read Me WORLDWIDEWEB CERN-DISTRIBUTED CODE See the CERN copyright[1] . This is the README file which you get when you unwrap one of our tar files. These files contain information about hypertext, hypertext systems, and the WorldWideWeb project. If you have taken this with a .tar file, you will have only a subset of the files. THIS FILE IS A VERY ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB. IF IN DOUBT, READ THE WEB DIRECTLY. If you have not got ANY browser installed yet, do this by telnet to info.cern.ch (no username or password). Files from info.cern.ch are also mirrored on ftp.ripe.net. Archive Directory structure Under /pub/www[2] , besides this README file, you'll find bin[3] , src[4] and doc[5] directories. The main archives are as follows: bin/xxx/bbbb Executable binaries of program bbbb for system xxx. Check what's there before you bother compiling. (Note HP700/8800 series is "snake") bin/next/WorldWideWeb_v.vv.tar.Z The Hypertext Browser/editor for the NeXT -- binary. src/WWWLibrary_v.vv.tar.Z The W3 Library. All source, and Makefiles for selected systems. src/WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z The Line mode browser - all source, and Makefiles for selected systems. Requires the Library[6] . src/WWWDaemon_v.vv.tar.Z The HTTP daemon, and WWW-WAIS gateway programs. Source. Requires the Library. src/WWWMailRobot_v.vv.tar.Z The Mail Robot. doc/WWWBook.tar.Z A snapshot of our internal documentation - we prefer you to access this on line -- see warnings below. Basic WWW software installation from source This applies to the line mode client and the server. Below, $prod means LineMode or Daemon depending on which you are building. GENERATED DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The tar files are all designed to be unwrapped in the same (this) directory. They create different parts of a common directory tree under that directory. There may be some duplication. They also generate a few files in this directory: README.*, Copyright.*, and some installation instructions (.txt). The directory structure is, for product $prod and machine $WWW_MACH WWW/$prod/Implementation Source files for a given product WWW/$prod/Implementation/CommonMakefile The machine-independent parts of the Makefile for this product Read Me (65/66) WWW/$prod/$WWW_MACH/ Area for compiling for a given system WWW/All/$WWW_MACH/Makefile.include The machine-dependent parts of the makefile for any product WWW/All/Implementation/Makefile.product A makefile which includes both parts above and so can be used from any product, any machine. COMPILATION ON ALREADY SUPPORTED PLATFORMS You must get the WWWLibrary tar file as well as the products you want and unwrap them all from the same directory. You must define the environmant variable WWW_MACH to be the architecure of your machine (sun4, decstation, rs6000, sgi, snake, etc) In directory WWW, type BUILD. COMPILATION ON NEW PLATFORMS If your machine is not on the list: Make up a new subdirectory of that name under WWW/$prod and WWW/All, copying the contents of a basically similar architecture's directory. Check the WWW/All/$WWW_MACH/Makefile.include for suitable directory and flag definitions. Check the file tcp.h for the system-specific include file coordinates, etc. Send any changes you have to make back to www-request@info.cern.ch for inclusion into future releases. Once you have this set up, type BUILD. NeXTStep Browser/Editor The browser for the NeXT is those files contained in the application directory WWW/Next/Implementation/WorldWideWeb.app and is compiled. When you install the app, you may want to configure the default page, WorldWideWeb.app/default.html. These must point to some useful information! You should keep it up to date with pointers to info on your site and elsewhere. If you use the CERN home page note there is a link at the bottom to the master copy on our server. You should set up the address of your local news server with dwrite WorldWideWeb NewsHost news replacing the last word with the actual address of your news host. See Installation instructions[7] . Line Mode browser Binaries of this for some systems are available in /pub/www/bin/ . The binaries can be picked up, set executable, and run immediately. If there is no binary, see "Installation from source" above. (See Installation notes[8] ). Do the same thing (in the same directory) to the WWWLibrary_v.cc.tar.Z file to get the common library. Read Me (65/130) You will have an ASCII printable manual in the file WWW/LineMode/Defaults/line-mode-guide.txt which you can print out at this stage. This is a frozen copy of some of the online documentation. Whe you install the browser, you may configure a default page. This is /usr/local/lib/WWW/default.html for the line mode browser. This must point to some useful information! You should keep it up to date with pointers to info on your site and elsewhere. If you use the CERN home page note there is a link at the bottom to the master copy on our server. Some basic documentation on the browser is delivered with the home page in the directory WWW/LineMode/Defaults. A separate tar file of that directory (WWWLineModeDefaults.tar.Z) is available if you just want to update that. The rest of the documentation is in hypertext, and so wil be readable most easily with a browser. We suggest that after installing the browser, you browse through the basic documentation so that you are aware of the options and customisation possibilities for example. Server The server can be run very simply under the internet daemon, to export a file directory tree as a browsable hypertext tree. Binaries are avilable for some platofrms, otherwise follow instructions above for compiling and then go on to " Installing the basic W3 server[9] ". XMosaic XMosaic is an X11/Motif W3 browser. The sources and binaries are distributed separately from FTP.NCSA.UIUC.EDU[10] , in /Web/xmosaic[11] . Binaries are available for some platforms. If you have to build from source, check the README in the distribution. The binaries can be picked up, uncompressed, set "executable" and run immediately. Viola browser for X11 Viola is an X11 application for reading global hypertext. If a binary is available from your machine, in /pub/www/bin/.../viola*, then take that and also the Viola "apps" tar file which contains the scripts you will need. To generate this from source, you will need both the W3 library and the Viola source files. There is an Imakefile with the viola source directory. You will need to generate the XPA and XPM libraries and the W3 library befere you make viola itself. Documentation In the /pub/www/doc[12] directory are a number articles, preprints and guides on the web. See the online WWW bibliography[13] for a list of these and other articles, books, etc. and also the list of WWW Manuals[14] available in text and postscript form. General Your comments will of course be most appreciated, on code, or information on the web which is out of date or misleading. If you write your own hypertext and make it available by anonymous ftp or using a server, tell us and we'll put some pointers to it in ours. Thus spreads the web... Read Me (66/195) Tim Berners-Lee WorldWideWeb project CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 767 3755; Fax: +41 22 767 7155; email: timbl@info.cern.ch