lynx-dev SUFFIX+VIEWER set to invoke tar

[C.W.Holeman II]

13 Aug 1998, Doug Kaufman <address@hidden>:
>On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, C.W.Holeman II wrote:
> 
>>  I added to lynx.cfg:
>> 
>>  STARTFILE:../../../index.html
>> 
>>  SUFFIX:.tar:application/start-tar
>> 
>>  VIEWER:application/start-tar:date /t
>The commentary in lynx.cfg tells you that you can't redefine SUFFIX
>in lynx.cfg. What you need is a separate file called .mime.types (or
>whatever name you specify for PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP in lynx.cfg),
>with a line that looks like:
>
>application/start-tar tar

I created mime_types. with the above contents.

I created mailcap. containing:

    application/start-tar; dir 

I placed in lynx.cfg:

    PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP:mime_types.

    PERSONAL_MAILCAP:mailcap.

I presumed that the two files referenced above would be located in
the same directory as the lynx.exe and lynx.cfg files. This does
not appear to change the behaviour.

>From my initial post:

>Context:
>--------
>
>http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/wlynx/lynx_w32.zip
>
>Lynx Version 2.8.1dev.16
...
>It displays:
>
>application/x-tar  D)ownload, or C)ancel

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