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Re: lynx-dev giving the current URL to an external program?
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clemensF |
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Re: lynx-dev giving the current URL to an external program? |
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13 Apr 2002 17:14:38 +0200 |
> address@hidden:
> I'm not sure of the language here. Does "external-viewer mechanism"
> refer to (or include) viewers defined in the .mailcap file? I've
> long wished that lynx spawning a viewer would set all the environment
> variables set by metamail spawning the same viewer (or merely spawn
> metamail and let it do the dirty work). This would require that
> lynx pass metamail on stdin the full HTTP reply: headers plus body.
> I know; I'll be invited to write the code. When I have time ...
that could be done with a wrapper, where the remore servers reply could be
fetched by netcat, tcpclient etc.
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clemens fischer
"Be careful not to step in the Microsoft!" -- John Denker
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