--- lib/mc.ext.in	2006-12-28 04:57:01.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/mc.ext.in	2007-02-15 16:05:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 # html
 regex/\.([hH][tT][mM][lL]?)$
 	Open=(if test -n "@X11_WWW@" && test -n "$DISPLAY"; then (@X11_WWW@ file://%d/%p &) 1>&2; else links %f || lynx -force_html %f || ${PAGER:-more} %f; fi) 2>/dev/null
-	View=%view{ascii} lynx -dump -force_html %f
+	View=%view{ascii} lynx -dump -force_html %f 2>/dev/null || cat %f
 
 # StarOffice 5.2
 shell/.sdw