see http://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx2.8.8/breakout/docs/README.cookies
although setting accept all in [O]ptions (and saving) has worked fine for me for years -stefan Sent from my iPhone > On May 30, 2017, at 09:44, Brian Pardy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Martin, > > >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Martin McCormick <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> After a web search using linux, lynx and cookies, I found >> documentation on using lynx which advised to put the following >> lines either in lynx.cfg or ~/.lynxrc: >> >> ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES:TRUE >> SET_COOKIES:TRUE >> PERSISTENT_COOKIES:TRUE >> COOKIE_FILE:.lynx_cookies >> >> That last line shouldn't be necessary as all but the DOS version >> of lynx are supposed to use ~/.lynx_cookies by default. >> >> A weather site started this quest when it began sending a >> cookie every time one accesses it which now means an extra step >> just to check conditions. I receive: >> >> mobile.wunderground.com cookie: P=FAVS:1|WXSN:1|PWSOB Allow? >> (Y/N/Always/neVer) >> >> I type a and it works fine but nothing is stored so next >> time I run it, it's the same drill again. I tried putting these >> lines in ~/.lynxrc, ~/.lynx.cfg and both files. They might as >> well be comments for the effect they had. >> >> This is the version of lynx one gets if one adds lynx to >> Debian jessie using apt-get. [...] > > > The lynx.cfg and .lynxrc files do not use the same syntax. The > "ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES:TRUE" syntax you've listed works for lynx.cfg (which > Debian's release likely looks for in /etc/lynx.cfg or possibly > /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg -- it should not search your home directory for the > lynx.cfg file unless you have set the LYNX_CFG environment variable to tell > it to do so), but that syntax does not work for ~/.lynxrc. Please try with > the following line in your ~/.lynxrc: > > accept_all_cookies=on > > Since you already receive a prompt to accept cookies, you shouldn't need to > additionally set the set_cookies option, you already have cookie processing > enabled. Debian probably also has persistent cookies enabled by default so > you shouldn't need to set that or the cookie_file either. > > I believe this will work for you, but I'd like to suggest some potentially > better options too -- if you use Lynx frequently in other situations where > you do want a prompt to accept or reject cookies, then I suggest adding the > "--accept-all-cookies" flag on the command line when invoking Lynx to access > mobile.wunderground.com (possibly in a shell alias or a script that parses > the weather output). Alternatively you could set > "cookie_accept_domains=.wunderground.com" in your .lynxrc, as a way to avoid > globally accepting all cookies but avoiding prompts for this one specific > domain. > > -Brian > _______________________________________________ > Lynx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
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