Re: lynx-dev lynx2-8-1/Linux patch for new VTs

[dickey]

> 
> 990328 Chuck Martin wrote:  
> > Mar 28, 1999 Anthony James Garnock-Jones wrote: 
> >> I miss a capability to open a new browser window to explore sublinks. 
> >> As I run Lynx mostly on console on a Linux box, 
> >> I decided to implement a "open new browser window" feature 
> >> using the Linux VT_??? ioctl()s. 
> > There's already a way to do this without patching lynx. 
> > Put the following in your lynx.cfg file: 
> > EXTERNAL:http:openvt -sw -- lynx %s &:TRUE 
> > EXTERNAL:file:openvt -sw -- lynx %s &:TRUE 
> -- snip -- 
>   
> how widely available is  openvt ?  it doesn't have a man page on this system. 

it's Linux-specific (yesterday's discussion pointed that out).

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