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lynx-dev Re: Is Lynx still practical?
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Michael Warner |
Subject: |
lynx-dev Re: Is Lynx still practical? |
Date: |
Fri, 26 May 2000 21:07:42 -0700 |
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On or about 26 May, 2000, pAb-032871
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> > Why not tell Lynx to d)ownload PDFs so you can read them offline,
> > or even change your .mime.types file to show;
> >
> > application/x-pdf pdf
> >
> > and force downloading.
> >
> > Of course, this would only work with a self-standing PDF reader,
> > not if you only have a browser plug-in for this. . .
>
> Thought of something else: if you're running a local copy of Lynx
> -- on your own machine, not from a shell -- you could also define
> your PDF reader as a downloader in lynx.cfg. It would then show
> up as an option in the download menu.
That's basically what I did--run the file through a filter to
pull out the ascii and pass it to a pager. It's usable, but not
good, so now I just cut'n'paste the URL into NS. My principles
are slightly offended, but it's the pragmatic thing to do. I
telnet into a shell account, so no viewer is directly available
from lynx.
Thanks for the suggestions, though!
--
Michael Warner
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- Re: lynx-dev Re: lynx should respect LANG, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev Re: lynx should respect LANG, pAb-032871, 2000/05/24
- lynx-dev Is Lynx still practical? (was Re: lynx should respect LANG), Michael Warner, 2000/05/26
- Re: lynx-dev Is Lynx still practical?, Donald Rober, 2000/05/26
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- Re: lynx-dev Is Lynx still practical?, Duncan Simpson, 2000/05/27
- Re: lynx-dev Is Lynx still practical?, Thomas Dickey, 2000/05/27
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