On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 02:01:47AM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > Thomas Dickey wrote in > <[email protected]>: > |On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 02:50:43PM -0700, Chime Hart wrote: > |> Hi All: An only mention of this which I found in searching was my \ > |> own 2022 > |> post. I am `certainly hoping-and-requesting this option can be added \ > |> to LYNX, > |> as I use a Capital C to change directories `quite a number of times daily > |> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2022-04/msg00000.html > |> Since I am only a user-and-not a programmer, I have no idea if it \ > |> is possible > |> to ajust this, or if there are local steps I can take on this end? \ > |> Thanks so > |> much in advance > | > |tab-completion for the directory-names would require programming work, > |as mentioned in > | > |https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2005-01/msg00010.html > > There is a "rlwrap" thing that can be used to enwrap many programs > with the readline library. I would not know in how far this > works for a program that fully manages the terminal (lynx here > links against ncurses), but once a user pointed another user who > asked for line editor capabilities of the MUA i maintain to that;
rlwrap can help with command-history (actually not with lynx, because it already does _that_), but not with tab-completion (because the relevant data isn't available to rlwrap). -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net
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