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

[Leonid Pauzner]

> 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).
>


lynx_386: if I set "MULTI-EDIT 6.0" as editor in O)ption

with local file C:\TEXT\LEO\ADD.TXT I got:
C:\"C:\TEXT\LEO\ADD.TXT   Error###  Path not found

Hope this will help.


> Any help from people who have a default editor working with lynx_w32 would
> be appreciated.
>
> __Henry



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