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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending active link/page URL to print/download ?
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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending active link/page URL to print/download ? |
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Mon, 07 Apr 97 15:08:00 +0800 |
address@hidden (Larry W. Virden, x2487) wrote:
>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 ?
L(> As far as I am aware, lynx has no current ability to pass a URL to a
L(> program to use. The easiest place to provide one is as it tries to
L(> print or download a file.
I thought as much :(
L(> Here is a feature that I would _love_ to see provided. In the utility
L(> code used to provide PRINT, DOWNLOAD, and UPLOAD capabilities, add to
L(> the environment of the shell that is used to execute the [PDU]*
L(> commands the variables:
L(> LYNX_URL - URL being processed
L(> LYNX_TMPFILE - temporary file name being processed
L(> LYNX_BESTNAME - suggested file name
L(> In this way, instead of the traditional code suggested for assigning
L(> %f's to variables, etc. users could directly use the above variable
L(> names.
I agree with this - is there a feature request page or something ? (I'm not
sure if this has anything to do with the TODO page I keep hearing about in
lynx-dev once in a while)
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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending active link/page URL to print/download ?, Al Gilman, 1997/04/02