On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:28:13PM +0000, jindam, vani via Lynx-dev wrote: > i am using "hlynx" f.exec "xterm -geometry 110x45 -e lynx > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history > &" > on my .twmrc (twm window manager).
> when i click hlynx on twm menu: > actual result: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak > > expected result: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history > This is a twm/shell issue, not a Lynx issue. I presume that twm is calling > a shell to execute the command, and the shell is interpreting the '&' in the > URL as a metacharacter. You need to look at how to quote the '&' properly > in the twm configuration (might be as simple as putting a \ before it). > imc i have tried following, none of them worked: https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DUser%3AJindam_vani%2Fzandbak%26action%3Dhistory https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak\&action=history https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak%26action=history however, simple solution given at unix.stackexchange (1) works correctly: "hlynx" f.exec "xterm -geometry 110x45 -e lynx 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history' & probably meaningless, but urlencode was also giving incorrect results for: $ urlencode https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history but it shows correct result: $ urlencode 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history' (1) https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/563/using-urls-with-parenthesis-with-lynx regards, jindam, vani toots: @jindam_v...@c.im others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jindam_vani
