On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >This is a followup to a message not yet appearing on this board. I am
> >writing this from lynx.exe with LYMail.c altered to call blat.exe with
> >the -noh2 option so that only the lynx boilerplate gets appended to the
> >letter file. As you can see, the mailer or lynx inserts a blank line,
> >so the boilerplate still ends up as email text.
>
> Footnotes: I went through the existing LYMail.c code and devised a
> command-line test of the correctness of the USE_BLAT_MAILER code. It
> turns out that the command line
>
> blat "@blat_file.blt" letter.txt
>
> or
>
> blat @blat_file.blt letter.txt
>
> gives an error message in the most recent blat release. The sequence
> '@blat_file.blt' or '@ blat_file.blt' simply isn't recognized, and
> typing blat -h on the command line confirms that the response file
> call is not supported.
Lynx has NEVER been compatible with the release version of blat.
It works with blatj, the Japanese variant. As noted before in this
list, the lynx code would have to be changed to work with standard
blat. I have worked on this a bit, but the work is unfinished and is
low priority for me. The "blat @file" format is specific to blatj.
Unfortunately, blatj is hardcoded to put a Japanese codepage in
the headers. Use of blat with the Win32 port should be considered
experimental. Only use this if you plan to use blatj, or plan to hack
the code for blat or lynx to make them compatible.
Doug
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Doug Kaufman
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