xarchie available on export please accept the following announcement for comp windows x announce gf a completely revamped version of the x browser interface to archie xarchie is now available as export lcs mit edu contrib xarchie tar z for those not familar with archie or xarchie i include part of the manpage intro xarchie is an x browser interface to the archie internet information system using the prospero virtual filesystem protocol archie provides information about files available for ftp anywhere on the internet xarchie displays this information using an easy to use point and click interface xarchie allows you to further explore ftp sites by examining directories returned as query matches and allows you to retrieve files located this way xarchie has been extensively tested on r r and a variety of other flavors of x and on a wide range of machines a summary of the new features from the readme follows major improvements include multiple selections allowed in browser for use with other new features fwf multilist widget ability to expand directories in browser real fully integrated ftp implementation ability to save and reload query results as well as print them ability to resort results and sort results by user definable pseudo weights online help browser color resources done so that they don t break mono displays fwf fileselector widget for local file operations makefile dst s supplied for the imake impaired george george ferguson arpa ferguson cs rochester edu dept of computer science uucp rutgers rochester ferguson university of rochester vox rochester ny fax
