Re: LYNX-DEV default editor for lynx_w32: Howto?

[Hubert Voelzgen]

The editor must be a WINDOWS-Editor, not DOS!

-- Hubert

> Date:          Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:51:51 +0900 (JST)
> From:          Nelson Henry Eric <address@hidden>
> To:            address@hidden
> Subject:       LYNX-DEV default editor for lynx_w32: Howto?
> Reply-to:      address@hidden

> The other day Rich Wong asked:
> 
> > Third, how do I define an external default editor in lynx.cfg?  Does the
> > editor have to be a DOS program?  I'd like to set it up for WordPad, if
> 
> Did someone post a solution/answer to his question?  I'm having problems
> getting a default editor (In my case I want "WZ Editor") to work with Lynx
> for Win32, too, and am running out of ideas.  The best I get is that
> pressing `e' blanks the screen for an instant before returning to the same
> display as before pressing `e'.  Just stabbing in the dark, but I do notice
> the full URL of the file to be edited flashes at the bottom of the screen.
> If "file://localhost/..." is being passed to the editor, I wouldn't expect
> it to be able to find the file (only stripping "file://localhost/" and
> changing `/' to `\' would work).
> 
> Do you have to have the equivalent of "cp.exe" for downloading and
> "sendmail.exe" for mailing?  (Both d'ownloading and mailto URLs are
> working fine, although tested only with machines on the same LAN.)
> 
> Any help from people who have a default editor working with lynx_w32 would
> be appreciated.
> 
> __Henry
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