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From: Whiskers on 11 Aug 2010 07:31 On 2010-08-11, Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote: > Responding to Whiskers: >> On 2010-08-10, Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote: >>> Responding to Whiskers: >>>> On 2010-08-10, Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote: [...] >> <http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2-8-7/lynx_help/cattoc.html> That page >> is a list of hyperlinks to detailed notes. I confess I haven't done >> much to 'personalise' my own copy of Lynx so I haven't had to make sense >> of all of the docs! >> >>> I've tried dropping a few -flags into the lynx.cfg, but there seems to >>> be two different ways to set things that don't "cross over". IOW, those >>> "several levels" seem to be designed to stay "several levels". >>> >>> With Mplayer, for example, a -flag is interchangable with a config >>> value, but the same doesn't sem to be true for Lynx. >> >> Unix and Linux tools don't all have the same 'house style' <shrug>. > > > Yup, I knows diss! > > Looks like its -anonymous mode, or maybe a recompile. Be careful; your distro may have integrated Lynx into some of its own peculiar stuff, and changing things at root level could have unexpected effects on the system. That's part of why I haven't done much to Lynx on this Mandriva system. Using a personal config file and/or launching with a long command (or script) would be safer. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~
From: Mike Jones on 11 Aug 2010 16:10 Responding to Whiskers: > On 2010-08-11, Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote: >> Responding to Whiskers: >>> On 2010-08-10, Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote: >>>> Responding to Whiskers: >>>>> On 2010-08-10, Mike Jones <luck(a)dasteem.invalid> wrote: > > [...] > >>> <http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2-8-7/lynx_help/cattoc.html> That >>> page is a list of hyperlinks to detailed notes. I confess I haven't >>> done much to 'personalise' my own copy of Lynx so I haven't had to >>> make sense of all of the docs! >>> >>>> I've tried dropping a few -flags into the lynx.cfg, but there seems >>>> to be two different ways to set things that don't "cross over". IOW, >>>> those "several levels" seem to be designed to stay "several levels". >>>> >>>> With Mplayer, for example, a -flag is interchangable with a config >>>> value, but the same doesn't sem to be true for Lynx. >>> >>> Unix and Linux tools don't all have the same 'house style' <shrug>. >> >> >> Yup, I knows diss! >> >> Looks like its -anonymous mode, or maybe a recompile. > > Be careful; your distro may have integrated Lynx into some of its own > peculiar stuff, and changing things at root level could have unexpected > effects on the system. That's part of why I haven't done much to Lynx > on this Mandriva system. > > Using a personal config file and/or launching with a long command (or > script) would be safer. The point of the exercise is to make sure the damn thing doesn't have a list of possible security holes wide open, especially if something unexpected calls it up. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Danno on 12 Aug 2010 12:24
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:19:02 +0100 Whiskers <catwheezel(a)operamail.com> wrote: > > If you don't like Lynx, try w3m or Links instead. > I seem to recall elinks being a fairly capable text browser, not sure if it measures up to whatever tasks(s) you're after http://elinks.or.cz/ -- Slackware 13.1, 2.6.33.4-smp, Core i7 920 RLU #272755 |