Re: lynx-dev Mailing from Lynx with Pine

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Matt Ackeret wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> >On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 04:45:49PM -0800, Hart Larry wrote:
> >> Hi, All,
> >> Is there a way to invoke Pine from lynx when a mailto URL exists?
> >
> >no - the sendmail (or whatever) is configurable, but not the front-end
> >stuff.  That prompts for headers and drops you into your editor.
>
> Personally, this kind of thing -- _high level_ app choosing and communication,
> is one of the big problems with using UNIX programs to do stuff.

well - as the other followup pointed out, you can always invoke an
external program.  That doesn't provide a copy of the webpage to include
in the response (which is something that could be added to lynx).

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