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Re: lynx-dev virtual html pages (fwd)


From: C.J.LAWSON
Subject: Re: lynx-dev virtual html pages (fwd)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:01:18 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:

> Exactly how did you try piping the result to lynx?
As one would expect on a unix box 

        txt2html <filename> | lynx 

normally txt2html dumps the result to stdout

> 
> And what made you conclude thad lynx "didn't like it?"
The fact that it didn't 

> 
> What is the behavior you wish to see from lynx anyway in such a situation?
> Fully interactive, or more like 'lynx -dump'?
What I expected was for the piped in page to be displayed on my screen the
same way 
        'cat <filename> | more' 
will show up on my screen.

> 
> But mc can be used for viewing html pages, if it is configured to use
> (e.g.) lynx as a converter.  And less could also be configured to
> use lynx as a converter, see the LESSOPEN environment variable.
Indeed, it can and I have long done so on my box; but that is  not the
issue here.. The comment was digressionary and only served to obfuscate
things further.

> The question was confusing - I still don't know what exactly the question
> is.  There were at least two topics, not clearly related - pipes and
> virtual memory/ram drives.  And the whole thing looked more like an
> idea for changing something than a genuine question.  You should clarify.
Yes there were two separate issues and as I clearly stated the first one
initiated the second. The (a) first one was the issue of piping the
results of a file2html conversion to lynx, the results of which was (b)
the thought that it will be a nice idea to have all my html pages stored
in virtual memory (or a ram drive) so I could access them from there. 
I doubt if it is put any clearer than the first time and regarding that, I
can be of no further help.

> 
> I'm sure David knows that all the world is not unix.  That's probably why
> he stated explicitly what OS he's talking about.  Which you haven't done
> at all, as far as I have seen.
He passed a stupid comment in criticism .. don't bother defending it 

> 
> The first message as forwarded to lynx-dev didn't have them.
And he didn't think to ask the source of the email for the address which
was suggested he copy the response to? .. A poor defence for his comments
don't you think?

        Regards

---
Jonathan Lawson 
Thermal Processes Unit 
Department of Applied Energy and Optical Diagnostics 
School of Mechanical Engineering, 
Cranfield  University, 
Cranfield, Bedford. UK.  
email address@hidden
  
  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
                         
                                                                Ps 90:12


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