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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending active link/page URL to print/download ?
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Larry W. Virden, x2487 |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending active link/page URL to print/download ? |
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Wed, 2 Apr 1997 05:03:43 -0500 |
>I was wondering if Lynx could forward URLs to a program (webget in this
>case) so I could stuff it in the background and continue browsing with
>Lynx ?
As far as I am aware, lynx has no current ability to pass a URL to a
program to use. The easiest place to provide one is as it tries to print
or download a file.
Here is a feature that I would _love_ to see provided. In the utility
code used to provide PRINT, DOWNLOAD, and UPLOAD capabilities, add to
the environment of the shell that is used to execute the [PDU]* commands
the variables:
LYNX_URL - URL being processed
LYNX_TMPFILE - temporary file name being processed
LYNX_BESTNAME - suggested file name
In this way, instead of the traditional code suggested for assigning %f's
to variables, etc. users could directly use the above variable names.
P.S. At one point, I thought someone was going to add a section of the
MAN page and help documentation listing all the different environment
variables which are used by lynx in any way. Did that not materialize?
That, as well as a check to make sure all the #if/#ifdef/#ifndef variables
are documented some place seems like a very useful step.
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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending active link/page URL to print/download ?, Al Gilman, 1997/04/02