Re: [Lynx-dev] Using lynx as a filter...

[Rado S]

Moin moin,

=- Charlie Sorsby wrote on Fri  4.Aug'06 at 11:27:32 -0600 -=

> I'm going to try this again.

You other (original?) post came through after this.

> Oh, yeah -- if you don't think this is of general interest,
> please just e-mail your suggestions to me. Reply-To: is properly
> set so "Reply to Sender" should work just fine.

Some ML disable such evil ways of redirection. ;)
Anyway, keep it public until being told it's not of interest,
chances are good that others have similar interests and like to
hear the answers.

> And, please, if all you have to say is that I should use a
> modern mail client so that I can just view HTML e-mail, save
> yourself the trouble of typing it. I *like* my mail client and
> have no intention of switching.

http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/Attachment :)

> Now to the problem:
> 
> I should like to be able to use lynx as a filter to translate
> HTML to plain text. That is to say, I should like to be able to
> send a HTML to lynx's stdin (standard input for non-Unix types)
> and have plain text (no HTML) appear at lynx's stdout.

See the above mentioned FAQ, here is my mailcap line:

text/html;lynx -stdin -force_html -dump; copiousoutput
               ^^^^^^

> '-'

If it is _ONLY_ argument!
_THEN_ it takes _CMD-LINE_ args from stdin, not content to be
interpreted as HTML!
Please reread carefully that paragraph. :)
Also, have a look at full list of cmd-line options.

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Even if it seems insignificant, in fact EVERY effort counts
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