[Lynx-dev] how to associate file types with applications?

[David Marrs]

Dear Lynx Develpers,

I hope you don't mind my posting a non-developer question, but this is 
the only mailing list I could find for lynx and online help resources 
I've scoured the net for don't address my question. I'm using the 
"2.8.4rel.1-mirabilos" build of lynx on Windows XP SP2.

I'm trying to work out how to open a picture file from the lynx browser. 
When I select the link in question (an image/png file) and type 'd' for 
download I get presented with the standard download options which, at 
the moment, only include the ability to save the file to disc. It seems 
that I ought to be able to add a second option to open the file in the 
Windows Picture Viewer. I would like to extend this functionality to 
include other media files, such as opening mp3s in Winamp, ram files in 
Realplayer, and so on.

I presume I need to edit the lynx.cfg to acomplish this, which leads me 
to ask if there is any info on how the config file can be edited. I read 
in the mailing list archive that I should be able to work it all out 
from the reading the config file itself...but I guess I'm not that smart.

Thank you for any help you can give.

Yours,


DM

PS. In case you were wondering why I'd want to be opening picutre files 
in Lynx, it is fast becoming my default browser for navigating the net. 
Initially I started using it just to check accessibility but, to my 
surprise, I found it much easier to use than the likes of Firefox for 
reading documents, which is what I spend the vast majority of my time 
online doing. No pop-ups, no animated gifs, no adverts, no white 
backgrounds that hurt my eyes and no having to reach for the 
mouse...it's great!


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