Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx.cfg - mime types - viewer for text terminal audio player mpg123
sounds like ubuntu can't find your player in $PATH so it falls back to vlc have you tried a full path to the player in your lynx.cfg on ubuntu? On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 14:24 Klaus-Peter Wegge wrote: > Hi, > > indeed, an entry in $HOME/.mailcap helps: > audio/mpeg; mpg123 -v %s > > But this definition is not restricted to lynx only. > > At least the text in .lynx.cfg is not correct: > # The suffix definitions listed here in the default lynx.cfg file are > # among those established via src/HTInit.c. You can change any of the > # defaults by editing that file, or via the global or personal mime.types > # files at run time. They will be overridden if you assign them here. > # > SUFFIX:.mp3:audio/mpeg > VIEWER:audio/mpeg:mpg123 -v %s > > --- > > The definition in .lynx.cfg seems to be ignored. It doesn't overwrite > others as described in the comment. > May be a hint to $HOME/.mailcap can be also added in .lynx.cfg. > > Many thanks > > Klaus > > > On Sun, 31 Mar 2024, Rudy Vener wrote: > > > Check your $HOME/.mailcap file. > > > > Rudy > > > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 05:33:48PM +0200, Klaus-Peter Wegge wrote: > >> Dear lynx experts, > >> > >> I want to play mp3 files with the external text terminal player mpg123. > >> This does no longer wirk with my change from Debian to Ubuntu. > >> > >> I'm using: > >> lynx 2.9.0dev.10 - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS > >> > >> Extract from .lynx.cfg: > >> # MIME types and viewers! > >> # > >> SUFFIX:.mp3:audio/mpeg > >> VIEWER:audio/mpeg:mpg123 -v %s > >> --- > >> > >> Problem: vlc is started instead of mpg123. > >> It seems that the mime type definition in .lynx.cfg is ignored or > >> overwritten. Adding :NON_XWINDOWS or :XWINDOWS at the end of the > >> viewer definition has no effect. > >> In best case I'd like to start mpg123 independed from the setting of the > >> display environment variable. > >> > >> I found some discussion on this issue in the lynx-dev mailing list > archive > >> end 2018 but no solutiton. > >> > >> Any hint is very welcome > >> > >> Best, Klaus > > > > -- > > Rudy Vener > >
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and webmail interfaces?
On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 11:28 AM Morten Bo Johansen wrote: > > I use Hotmail. It works fine from the command line with access > to all folder in Linux (with S-nail/mail) or from Mutt (and > surely also Pine). If you're interested, I can share some > configuration details. > > Regards, > Morten > > > could you please? it hasn't worked for me for most of this century... /stef
Re: [Lynx-dev] ANN: lynx2.9.0dev.7
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 10:52 AM Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote: > > Today, I successfully rebuilt and installed lynx2.9.0dev.7 with the > --with-ssl option on 23 platforms; the only build failures were on old > CentOS 5 systems that lack needed support libraries. > > I did not remember to use the --with-ssl option on my first round of > automated builds, so I had to redo them with that option. > > Given that the Web world is rapidly moving to https:, rather than > http:, connections by default, with major GUI browsers forcing that > move, would it not make good sense for the next release of lynx to > make --with-ssl the default, and allow --without-ssl as an option to > suppress https support? systems rely on trusted provider certificate bundles, and deciding to use them (with lynx) should be a conscious one on the part of the user (in my opinion)... a server user installs a certificate, so a server system compiled with ssl still won't work without that, and clients won't trust it without that a client user has to trust certificate providers somehow, so a client system compiled with ssl by default, has just assumed it has a list of trustworthy certificate providers, or possibly has no list of providers, and just ignores providers and accepts all server certificates... lynx has never made this assumption for users in my recollection when you compile --with-ssl your system is checked for certs in default or specified locations to trust, which seems enough of a default to me -- --- Stefan Caunter Hamilton phone: 6474599475 ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Alternative User-Agent header
I can browse anywhere using this alias for 'lynx' alias lynx='/usr/local/bin/lynx -nopause -tna -useragent=IE . ' "IE" seems to be the most innocuous choice for the major news sites. I have not tried "googlebot" ;) /stef ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: using 2.8.6 dev.11 on OS/2
I'm going to top post this answer to try and straighten out this thread. Seems that lynx -version output would really help, but iirc 2.8.5dev9 was the first version to check for certificate validity, so presumably OpenSSL is available. You need both ssl lynx and you need to send back cookies plaintext. See README.cookies in the documentation, especially: FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE is for ebay and the like, or they won't remember you; (their login is secure but everything else isn't, like a lot of big sites). If lynx attempts to transmit the ebay cookie securely, it's not taken. This doesn't affect cookie acceptance but it's a functionality issue for users. If you have different cookie settings on different systems ebay won't remember you on one but will on the other, regardless of lynx build version. Stefan Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html I would be interested in a a binary package available for OS/2. Whatever disclaimers would be necessary. I most recently found Lynx useful (just now) for displaying http://weilbacher.org/Mozilla/config.html especially the IFRAME: components My first web page composed for Community College of Philadelphia looked, or at least worked better in Lynx because of the display and function of the link attribute. For some reason Lynx 2.8.5dev.16 (01 Jun 2003) is keeping me out of ebay (My ebay) unlike Lynx 2.8.5dev.9 (06 Oct 2002) I am currently using 2.8.6 dev.11 on OS/2 and it has no problem with the site in question. I compiled it for my own use, and have not tried dev.12 or 13. Dev versions 14 and 15 have the 'ctermid' problem mentioned here several weeks ago, so don't compile on OS/2. I can make a binary package available to anyone who wants it if you contact me off list. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] file size limit for download
On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Thomas Dickey wrote: ...the large-file support in lynx should allow you to _download_ that (or larger) DVD. I haven't studied to see how much work it would be to support the reporting aspect. The file downloading works perfectly. The transfer from /tmp/lynx* to the ultimate location drove me to hard link something to work around the copy overhead on a system with a different /home filesystem, but that's tolerable, and I suppose configurable with a tmp dir setting. Stef Stefan Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] file size limit for download
I have a feeling this came up before, but ... Downloading a 3.2GB DVD iso I see Read 1558843 of 2097151 KiB of data, 2767 KiB/sec. Am I seeing a system limit (FreeBSD) on what it thinks can be downloaded as a file, or do I have to tell lynx something to report the actual size? Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] should lynx allow display of images without suffix?
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, PBM . wrote: I would like to, but i think that lynx do not care if link is between img tags. The same error is in links(links -g) and w3m(with images) they do not display image. Currently in lynx, it is implemented through mime types, and mime types are often broken from servers via head request. Broken servers (apache, etc.) exist, but changing a client isn't the right idea. System mailcap, DOWNLOADER and PRINTER are the best ways to deal with dumb servers. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html So there need be a way where links inside img / would be downloaded and viewed with XLOAD_IMAGE without look at mime types but that have various implications. What is standard? ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] goto user specific url or file - improvement
sorry to dump cold water on this, but the lynx browser is not a shell and doesn't need shell features. Stef On Fri, 18 May 2007, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: it will be more usefull for me if it is done in following way: for example, user insert via 'g' command following sites. www.google.com www.gsomeothersite.com www.othersite.com now, after www.g and using up/down keys only first two entries will be available. Oh, I love that feature of tcsh... although I have no idea how it got enabled (anyone know what shell setting to look for? I wanna add it to another system). ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] 403 forbidden in Lynx but not other browsers?
On Thu, 10 May 2007, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: Why can't Lynx get to the site? Here's a trace log excerpt: User-Agent: Lynx/2.8.5rel.4 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7d\r This is okay with 2.8.6rel.1 - are you really using 2.8.5? This might explain things. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] default lynx.cfg
The default lynx.cfg still self-refers to /usr/local/lib on line 2 and line 14, not /usr/local/etc, but we are following sysconfdir setting from configure, so the default should self-refer to /usr/local/etc. There are also two later references to /usr/local/lib/mosaic for the mailcap and mime.types GLOBAL_MAILCAP and GLOBAL_EXTENSION_MAP placement; we don't create that subdirectory relative to sysconfdir (I assume we do create sysconfdir if it does not exist), so does it make more sense to consolidate and show these commented example lines, which point to other (possible) system config files, with the /usr/local/etc directory? Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] [Sorry; off topic] anyone have tor/privoxy working with Lynx?
Is there an /etc/hosts setting? Is lynx pointing at 127.0.0.1:8118 for proxy? AFAIK proxy use decouples system resolver from browser activity, but this method is relying on a virtual circuit for resolving and it seems like you require other participants. Stef - http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henry Nelson wrote: Have been trying to set up tor/privoxy, but not having a lot of luck. Any site I try to goto seems to resolve to 127.0.0.1. Hmmm ... haven't gotten the DNS setup right? Your request for [2]http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=8atid=28 could not be fulfilled, because the connection to sourceforge.net (127.0.0.1) could not be established. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] seporating main text from whole page
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Thorsten Glaser wrote: Tzachi Zaccai dixit: for my final project i need to write a program that enters several news-websites and copies only the text from the relevant reports. How about a shell script parsing lynx' output appropriately? Parse lynx output by setting a flag when you see the foo tag and unsetting it when you see /foo in whatever language you like. But I would be amazed if there isn't a perfectly functional perl module for this. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx-2.8.6 patches from pkgsrc
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Thomas Klausner wrote: I just upgraded the package in NetBSD pkgsrc to 2.8.6rel4. I had noticed that at some point the package went out and got gnu make on NetBSD, (around 2.0.2). If it still does this it isn't necessary. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: lynx2.8.7dev.2 distfile size/checksum mismatch
had this too; went and put in XCode, etc., etc., got it compiled, then the lynxlet terminal app http://habilis.net/lynxlet/ was posted. Pretty much a stock build, but it takes 2 minutes to make it work. I don't think you can call 'lynx' from a shell, but otherwise it works as you would expect; Options is there, just no cfg or command line args AFAIK. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: Man, I miss Lynx. It's a vital part of how I use my Mac. I feel so unproductive without it. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] mac version
chown -R foo bar chgrp -R foo bar On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: I can't seem to recursively change group, only owner. :/ ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] reset script
public_html is not exposed by the web server, it defines externally visible web space on the internal file system; this is why the URL does not work. While lynx does provide a much nicer scriptable interface for this kind of thing, it isn't impossible to script with IE: create a file called 'reset.vbs' Dim shell Set shell = CreateObject(WScript.Shell) shell.Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exehttp://www.peterlue.com/reset.php?reset=peter; and schedule it. Kind of off topic, but since you are probably not on a unix system, use task scheduler. Stefan Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Peter Lue wrote: I don't understand the question. A friend of mine was able to do a manual reset but I don't have lynx installed on my computer so I can't do them. I can't do them from internet explorer. What do you suggest I do? This is my first web site and I have never run a cron job before. - Original Message - From: Stef Caunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Lue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lynx-dev@nongnu.org Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] reset script cron changes $PATH (usually), best to always use full path to all commands for anything running in cron. Does it run in your shell? Stefan Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Peter Lue wrote: I am using the attached reset script to run cron jobs but it is not working because my friend says that I have no access to lynx. Why don't the following commands work? ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] reset script
enclose the URL in single quotes lynx -dump 'http://www.peterlue.com/reset.php?reset=peter' __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Peter Lue wrote: This is the command I am using and this is the error I am getting now. lynx -dump http://www.peterlue.com/reset.php?reset=peter /dev/null /bin/sh: http://www.peterlue.com/reset.php?reset=peter: No such file or directory ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] forbid local file browsing?
Was going to say, even if the alias worked there would be too many ways to get around it, so a recompile (check ./configure --help|more) is the way to go. It's not particularly on topic, but chrooting users is the preferred way to restrict access to the file system. I believe the options to build lynx without file system browsing or jumping out to a shell were for public access systems where lynx was a raison d'etre; others will have personal recollections. Does your system just provide lynx, or is it a regular shell access box? The /etc/passwd file is a userlist that has to be readable for anything to work properly; your users are going to see it from the shell without other measures, but it probably doesn't matter. __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html I think you'd have to build lynx without dired support. The restriction seems to only prevent them from using the file menu. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
underscores, and it seems to be the way the various OSes do lookups. Not noise, lynx does lookups differently than I expected, so I'm learning something here. If there is a dns record (there is), then the OS isn't handling it properly. I can't see where lynx asks the OS though. I can't find any treatment that calls an underscore invalid in LYGetHostByName. lynx does not use gethostbyname(), and it is using w3c HTTPC.c code. Nevertheless, something makes it not find the A record. DNS does allow underscores in certain cases, to prepend TXT and SRV records, such as Domain Key signing key distribution TXT records. Microsoft Active Directory DNS domains allows them. Apparently, you can use them in hostnames and have it work. I don't know if that is ok with the rfcs (wonder if it is a matter of contention... :) dig on NetBSD returns an A record, dig uses resolv.h, which has a sanity check for names, but it finds underscores sane apparently. squid on FreeBSD won't check this url either, so that's wget, lynx and squid on BSD. NetBSD ftp and telnet client won't check it. linux ftp and telnet will. I know Henry uses NetBSD, and Philip uses linux (could this be a header issue?) - just checked on RHE and it looks it up ok. So it seems to be BSD. Guess I could post over on NetBSD unless someone else volunteers... __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Henry Nelson wrote: I'm trying to connect to http://running_on_alcohol.tripod.com/id4.html;, but all I get is Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host. Sorry for the noise. It's some kind of DNS problem, but I can't see what's different from the Windows setup and the unix host. Nslookup of running_on_alcohol.tripod.com yields an IP of 209.202.226.100, but trying to go to http://209.202.226.100/id4.html; ends up with a Sorry, but the page or the file that you're looking for is not here. error. Wget from the same account also fails: Resolving running_on_alcohol.tripod.com... failed: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] proceed without username/password?
We had a thread about this a few months ago; these devices all use javascript which is not supported in lynx. In certain cases (like power bars) the device will return usable html after login (you can package up a POST with the blank username/pass combination) but most of the home routers like Linksys are all javascript controlled. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Alan Ezust wrote: I'm using Lynx Version 2.8.5rel.1 (04 Feb 2004) libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 1.4.4 Built on linux-gnu Sep 13 2006 23:25:27. I wanted to use it to connect to my linksys router. It has a password, but no username. I'm unable to use lynx because as soon as I hit return for the username, it asks me proceed without username/pw [y/n]. In my view, it should only ask this after I've had a chance to enter a password, because as it stands, no matter what answer I give, I am unable to connect to my router. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] how to write mailcap entry for mutt AND lynx
I have used either 'P' or 'D' to bring up the Printer or Downloader menu and then added shell post-processing for this with the antiword program. No example, an extra couple of keystrokes and doesn't directly address the request... __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Henry Nelson wrote: application/pdf; pdftotext -layout %s -; copiousoutput So, per the Subject, how do you write a mailcap entry that will work for both mutt and lynx? Many thanks. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] washington post mobile redirect
The venerable http://washingtonpost.com is sending its mobile version of its front page to ssl enabled lynx with a 301 Moved Permanently. It appears the server redirect to http://mobile.washingtonpost.com triggers consistently if lynx is built with ssl afaict, but the regular page is served to non-ssl built lynx. I don't know for sure if this is the only variable, but it seems so: 2.8.5dev.8 and dev.15 no ssl, no 301, regular page 2.8.6dev.17 and 18 ssl, mobile page 2.8.6rel.1 ssl, mobile page 2.8.7dev.1 no ssl, no 301, regular page 2.8.7dev.4 ssl, mobile page Anyone else seeing this? __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx and References header for USENET messages
not useful, but historically interesting as an 8 year old assessment. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Stegozor wrote: Also, this good net keeping approval evaluation of Lynx as a news client may be useful: http://www.gnksa.org/Evaluations/lynx-2.8r2.txt ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx and the Mac
Unless you need extra functionality, you will get everything you need from http://habilis.net/lynxlet/ __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Adam Ophir Shapira wrote: Though my attempt to install Lynx 2.8.5 on a mac was *not* successful --- I *did* successfully install Lynx 2.8.4. I am using a PowerMac Duo running Mac OS X 10.4.7 --- if ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx2.8.6dev.19
I get '' also (FreeBSD 5.3), reminds of navigation arrows, but I have seen it before, just not on a plain --with-ssl compile. Stefan Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: I found that this version of lynx displaied white rectangle on top left corner after I followed a link one time (i.e. except starting page). On some terminal (e.g. uxterm) I saw (or ) in the white rectangle. My environment is Debian unstable. Are there no one who encountered the same problem? ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx.cfg location policy, libdir vs. sysconfdir
It is already definable from both configure and userdefs.h so location is going to change on that basis anyway. Users can specify 'lynx -cfg foo', and there are options and aliases to command-line parameters. I think you make the least number of people unhappy by not changing anything and leaving it up to the distro. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Thorsten Glaser wrote: Rado S dixit: Moin moin, is there any reason that I couldn't think of on my own why lynx.cfg is placed in libdir rather than sysconfdir? Also, libdir is used for the location of the lynx help files, which don't belong to (e.g.) $LOCALBASE/lib but to $LOCALBASE/share (see the MirPort at http://www.mirbsd.org/cvs.cgi/ports/www/lynx/Makefile?rev=HEAD especially the docdir= and helpdir= parts). If not, can it move there, please? I second that, as discussed in IRC (#lynx Freenode). bye, //mirabile -- I believe no one can invent an algorithm. One just happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God as Nature if you won't deny existence. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] text browsing
You think it's debatable whether being unable to use to Yahoo or SourceForge or do any e-commerce is crippling? Wow. Hardly relevant since you can't ship lynx with ssl so the experience is consistent and obvious everywhere. A binary without ssl is what it is; add it in using source and a compiler when you need it. To add any ssl functionality to lynx requires a compile and always has in my experience. I guess you're referring to the licensing discussion? Not at all, it just doesn't come in the box; if there's no native complier (Mac/Win) you are looking at binaries initially. SSL is also one of the most discussed usage topics here, once it's been built. Even without ssl you still get that 'real view' of the web, scriptable, customizable and fast. But without any access to hundreds of important web sites. Not exactly a selling point. Unless you think that SSL is evil and any web site which uses it sucks, but I've never heard of anyone who believes that. rofl. The Mac user is checking out lynx in terminal in under 30 seconds with lynxlet (probably while using Safari). The pertinent issue with OS X is that you don't get a native compiler to roll your own lynx to get SSL. MAC: Hello I'm a Mac PC: And I'm a PC and neither of us has a compiler... Stef http://caunter.ca/crypto.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Windows Lynx style sheet destroyed after using external
I've had success using PRINTER:foo:bar and DOWNLOADER:foo:bar (can't recall which, sorry). Hit 'p' or 'd' on the link and choose your app from the Printing or Download Options menu. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I connect to my cgi-bin script, all I get is a progress odometer. I stopped Lynx when it reached 25 Mb. What am I doing wrong? But I have a handy script that starts less in a new X-window, so I tried that as a viewer. No luck. Instead, the /tmp filesystem filled up (600 Mb) and my viewer never launched. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Windows Lynx style sheet destroyed after using external
Not sure if it is this simple, but if I hit 'd' with cursor on the link to the file I want, I get Download Options before pulling down the file. Perhaps default user mode ADVANCED is required? I don't have the box up I used to do this on; I recall using mailcap entries as well to make the called app work right. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But my Lynx, 2.8.6dev.17, at least as I have it configured, doesn't present either the printer options or the downloader options menu until Lynx displays the file or fully stages it to /tmp; hardly useful for streaming, where the server never closes the connection. Is there a configuration option I'm unaware of, to select the printer/downloader before transfer starts? I can start another Lynx, with the -source option, and pipe that into my viewer, but that's pretty cumbersome. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] text browsing
Lynxlet, while not ssl-capable, is an excellent and very quick OS X app which obviates the need to install XCode since it just unpacks and runs in Terminal. Walter Ian Kaye dixit: There are no links for Mac OS X either. Oops. Does Mac OSX come shipped without lynx? I believe there's a 2.8.5 via Fink. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] text browsing
Debatable. Getting a binary up this quickly is quite convenient. To add any ssl functionality to lynx requires a compile and always has in my experience. Even without ssl you still get that 'real view' of the web, scriptable, customizable and fast. On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: A non-SSL Lynx is a crippled Lynx. Can't even log in to Yahoo, let alone do any online shopping. Nice PoC, though. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: GPL (was Re: [Lynx-dev] text browsing)
OpenSSL works really well with lynx, restrictive license. GnuTLS isn't as good with lynx. There have been several discussions about OpenSSL and this over the years, which are all available in the archives; or I suppose it could get restated again for this go round. | Stef - http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Thorsten Glaser wrote: That would, I guess, be UKansas and a few individuals. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] text browsing
But lynx.isc.org is current and quite acceptable. There is plenty of evidence of active development and code maintenance in both the readable text and breakout subdirectory date stamps. It's common for external links to degrade over time, but putting energy into maintaining clean code should be preferred over website maintenance, especially when the included and very detailed documentation is the best source of usage information. The mailing list archives are the next best place to look when searching for specific issues. Stefan Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html Before subscribing to the mailing-list, when I just visited the website I thought that the project wasn't maintained at all since a few years. Some tutorial links are broken, and executable versions for Dos and Windows are not up to date. IMHO some little updates, not to say an overhaul would make sense, especially for basic users like me. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] SSL errors and retrieval
are the SSL variables exported? the command line seems to be attempting to bypass all user input nags but lynx -cfg foo.cfg will allow him to run a customized cfg and turn off the SSL (and cookie) prompts. Is there a trace that is useful? __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Thorsten Glaser wrote: A user wants to retrieve something from an HTTPS website, like this: lynx -dump --accept_all_cookies -auth=foo:bar https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/get? He says it works without the -dump, but doesn't work with it. I told him to install the SSL cert bundle, but it didn't seem to help (no idea why), and I cannot reproduce it because I don't have that -auth= info. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] unable to access siteminder protected URL
a quick google for SMSESSION SiteMinder indicates that SiteMinder has an agent on webservers that sets a cookie with symmetric encryption; this type of product (single campus sign on solution) will be using ssl to send a symmetric encryption key embedded in the cookie string. We don't have access to an SM test box, so you need to provide more details. Run a trace of the lynx session. SM is java on IBM Websphere AFAICT; it appears to all be server side and independent of user agent. First things first. Is your lynx latest version and built --with-ssl? Can you send lynx -version and the relevant portions of a trace? Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 5 May 2006, neo wrote: Hi Stef, We are not sending SSL cookies, the issue is that it is not able to set the SMSESSION cookie. Thanks - Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] unable to access siteminder protected URL
any chance you are sending ssl cookies? sending them back unencrypted may help. Ctrl-K will show the contents of the cookie jar, Ctrl-T will start a trace file (Lynx.trace) that will show where the http transaction throws the 403. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html I am facing an issue while trying to access URLs protected by siteminder. I get an error HTTP 1.0 403 Forbidden ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Download Options page problem
this came up a while ago; it is not the default for Advanced user mode, it is for Novice user mode, configurable with the [O]ptions page (ensure you save changes to disk). Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 3 May 2006, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: Fix suggestion: the default should be the Save to disk. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Default file name when saving HTML documents to disk
Suggested page name with [P]rint will be the domain name if '/' is the request, and filename.txt if there is a specific file; seems appropriate to name it .txt since it isn't a print of html. You get .html as suggested extension if you are viewing document source with '\' (html). With my patch to view .css files, lynx suggests .css as extension with [P]rint. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html I agree that the formed file name is legal. My question is why does Lynx append *.txt extension for *.html files and does not do this for *.cgi files? Does the user have control over it, or it is hidden in Lynx internals? The cgi script doesn't have a text/html format, so lynx leaves its name alone. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynxlet - a Mac OS X launcher application for Lynx
really preferable to getting xcode set up to get lynx running; thank you for this. I think this is one of the fastest steps to a working lynx I've seen. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Chuck Houpt wrote: Lynxlet is a work in progress, and I'd be happy to hear of any comments or bugs. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Configurability
Editing your own .lynxrc allows you to tune to your preferences using all lynx.cfg options. If you go the [O]ptions form route it overwrites .lynxrc, which is the main reason it does not write to disk by default. This was discussed here last year. Read the autogenerated .lynxrc file LYOPTIONS generates. The ssl warnings mean you need to install certificates correctly on your system; see http://lynx.isc.org/current/lynx-2-8-6/docs/README.sslcerts and follow the steps. lynx -tna is a command line option for TEXTFIELDS, lynx -nopause is probably what you want for the delays... lynx --help|less shows you everything. The cookie accepting requires file storage and persistence ... In general the lynx browser will speed up very nicely for users who take the time to learn to make the required changes. Since not all users are ready or able or want to run lynx in super fast mode, only some vendors ship a tuned current version of lynx. -Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Jason Spiro wrote: Hi, A pet peeve of mine regarding Lynx is the fact that Using http://...;, Location URL is not absolute, and Accepting all cookies from... display for a full second each. It takes me 15 sec or so from the time I click Log In at www.gmail.com until my inbox appears, including the invalid-cookie-prompting and SSL-certificate-prompting time. Also, I am a big fan of the TEXTBOXES_NEED_ACTIVATION option as I use Links and form fields are numbered navigation. I can't edit the lynx.cfg file on all the machines I use, and I dislike editing lynx.cfg anyway because the file is so big. 1. Is it possible you could make the message display time and TEXTBOXES_NEED_ACTIVATION configurable through the Options screen? 2. Also, is it possible you could make Save options to disk the default? ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] unable to run lynx command
it is either not installed (probable) or not in your user PATH (unlikely). There is probably an rpm of lynx-2.8.5 somewhere which will be simplest. Current version is at http://lynx.isc.org/ if you want to compile it yourself. -Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bash: lynx: command not found No manual entry for lynx and please tell me which package should i insall so that i can run lynx command on my pc ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] if Post_data parameter's values differ?
get stdin from a pipe or socket ./gen_params | lynx -post_data - ^ ^ ^ stdin specified here to the shell Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html user's parameter's value will change...So is there anyway to change the full command similar to this one below???(not using any text file) lynx -accept_all_cookies -post_data http://www.mysite.com user=Burakpassword=123456semester=20051 --- ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] form action not defined?
lynx exits with signal 11 2.8.5rel.1 and 2.8.6dev.11 - linux 2.4.x kernel 2.8.6dev.14 - FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE http://mail.dice.com/cgi-bin10/DM/y/mYs30KOvou0KXq0BCRo0F8[EMAIL PROTECTED] to unsubscribe from their list, but the Please click on the Confirm Opt Out button to opt out of Dice HEAD request onthis^^^ link does it. It is a relative URL calling a servlet (not that that's relevant) but it doesn't populate as a valid hyperlink (as Walter reported) which is strange. I'm guessing this is pretty bad html we are seeing. I just tried that (going to that link, giving 'v' to all cookies), and don't see a problem. It just gives me this page (perhaps some more information would help): ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] form action not defined?
when I send HEAD request with ']' for that [L]ink lynx crashes dumping core. (dev17 on NetBSD3.0 GENERIC, ncurses 5.5.20051224 all patches) -stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: I went to http://mail.dice.com/cgi-bin10/DM/y/mYs30KOvou0KXq0BCRo0F8email=dice @natural-innovations.com to unsubscribe from their list, but the submit button didn't work -- Lynx said there was no form action defined. But when I viewed source, there was an action attribute on the form tag. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx offers only D or C for a .css-file (file says C prog): how to DISPLAY? - patch submit
this entry in .mailcap works by calling a pager: text/css; less %s; copiousoutput But this is not ideal, and it would be a good feature to include css browsing. Here is a patch which adds css to HTInit.c and seems to work when I recompile; lynx displays the css file as plain text. using diff -rub --- orig/lynx2-8-6/src/HTInit.c 2005-01-05 19:42:15.0 -0500 +++ lynx2-8-6/src/HTInit.c 2006-01-21 03:31:29.0 -0500 @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ */ SET_INTERNL(application/html, text/x-c, HTMLToC, 0.5); SET_INTERNL(application/html, text/plain, HTMLToPlain, 0.5); +SET_INTERNL(text/css, text/plain, HTMLToPlain, 0.5); SET_INTERNL(application/html, www/present, HTMLPresent, 2.0); SET_INTERNL(application/xhtml+xml, www/present, HTMLPresent, 2.0); SET_INTERNL(application/xml, www/present, HTMLPresent, 2.0); @@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ SET_INTERNL(text/x-sgml, www/present, HTMLPresent, 2.0); SET_INTERNL(text/sgml, www/source, HTPlainPresent, 1.0); SET_INTERNL(text/sgml, www/present, HTMLPresent, 1.0); +SET_INTERNL(text/css, www/present, HTPlainPresent, 1.0); SET_INTERNL(text/plain, www/present, HTPlainPresent, 1.0); SET_INTERNL(text/plain, www/source, HTPlainPresent, 1.0); SET_INTERNL(text/html, www/source, HTPlainPresent, 1.0); @@ -1287,6 +1289,7 @@ SET_SUFFIX1(.c, text/plain, 8bit); SET_SUFFIX1(.cc,text/plain, 8bit); SET_SUFFIX1(.c++, text/plain, 8bit); + SET_SUFFIX1(.css, text/plain, 8bit); SET_SUFFIX1(.h, text/plain, 8bit); SET_SUFFIX1(.pl,text/plain, 8bit); SET_SUFFIX1(.text, text/plain, 8bit); here are some relevant parts of a trace which shows css accepted. Lynx Trace Log (2.8.6dev.16) parse_arg(arg_name=cbc.ca/includes/cbc.css, mask=4, count=2) parse_arg startfile:cbc.ca/includes/cbc.css HTFormat: Looking up presentation for text/plain to www/present FindPresentation: found exact match: text/plain HTFormat: Looking up presentation for text/html to www/present FindPresentation: found exact match: text/html HTTP/1.0 200 OK HTFormat: Constructing stream stack for www/mime to www/present ((null)) HTFormat: Looking up presentation for www/mime to www/present HTFormat: comparing audio/* and www/mime for half match HTFormat: comparing image/* and www/mime for half match HTFormat: comparing video/* and www/mime for half match StreamStack: found weak wildcard match: www/present FindPresentation: found exact match: www/mime StreamStack: found exact match: www/mime StreamStack: Returning MIMEParser HTMIME: Server: Apache/1.3.29 (Linux/SUSE) mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a mod_jk/1.2.6-dev Last-Modified: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 18:52:20 GMT ETag: 1a419a-18d3-3f5e2164 Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Type: text/css Content-Encoding: gzip Content-Length: 979 Expires: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:14:27 GMT Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:04:27 GMT Vary: Accept-Encoding HTMIME: MIME Content-Type is 'text/css', Treating as 'www/compressed'. Converting to 'www/present' HTFormat: Constructing stream stack for www/compressed to www/present (text/css) HTFormat: Looking up presentation for www/compressed to www/present HTFormat: comparing audio/* and www/compressed for half match HTFormat: comparing image/* and www/compressed for half match HTFormat: comparing video/* and www/compressed for half match StreamStack: found weak wildcard match: www/present FindPresentation: found exact match: www/compressed StreamStack: found exact match: www/compressed LYOpenTemp(,.txt.gz,wb) HTLoadFile: Opening `/tmp/lynx00012313aa/L12313-371TMP.txt' gives 0x48216298 File mode is 0100600, uid=1000, gid=0. My uid=1000, 2 groups ( 100 0) HTCompressFileType(/tmp/lynx00012313aa/L12313-371TMP.txt) returns 0: HTFormat: Constructing stream stack for text/css to www/present (text/css) HTFormat: Looking up presentation for text/css to www/present HTFormat: comparing audio/* and text/css for half match HTFormat: comparing image/* and text/css for half match HTFormat: comparing video/* and text/css for half match FindPresentation: found exact match: text/css StreamStack: found exact match: text/css UCSetTransParams: from iso-8859-1(0) to iso-8859-1(0) GridText: start HText_new UCSetTransParams: from iso-8859-1(0) to iso-8859-1(0) GridText: Change to style Example StreamStack: Returning PlainPresenter HTAccess: status=200 HTAccess: `http://www.cbc.ca/includes/cbc.css' has been accessed. -Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, David Combs wrote: Try connecting to this site: Linkname: AUE: The alt.usage.english Home Page URL: http://alt-usage-english.org/index.shtml URL: http://alt-usage-english.org/aue.css== (the css-file discovered via the source) Right, it's not a true html-file, but it is plain-text (file thinks it's a c-program). Downloading and
Re: [Lynx-dev] feature request: create new directory
but ! mkdir foo exit in a shell escape accomplishes this. The lynx browser has always been a file browser that can launch editors or .mailcap helper apps; it doesn't need file/directory creation since a shell already does this. But I still want to be able to mail a link directly... __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Philip Webb wrote: In the 'Print -- Save to local file' menu, if you try to save to a non-existent directory, you are told 'Alert: Cannot write to file!'. How easy would it be to offer the option eg 'Create new directory /home/user/foo/bar/', which would call up the shell command for creating directories ? It looks like a small item which has never received notice yet. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx and forms
The APC interface uses an onClick javascript event to submit changes to control the power outlets - most annoying if you would like to stay in a shell, but there isn't anything to do except ask them to put in a real html form submit button. I am sure many of their (inadvertent) end users are unix admins in ISP colos who find they can't control the unit unless they go to a javascript browser. Completely unnecessary, as the interface is dead simple otherwise; it toggles the device state with option values. Allowing a real form submit would enable scriptable control for admins. __Stef http://caunter.ca/crypto.html On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Alan Jay wrote: Hi, I am trying to control an APC power switch remotely using lynx unfortunately the forms that the switch uses a forum with cancel and apply for some reason the apply button is in accessible is this a known inconsistency? Regards Alan Jay ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx2.8.6dev.16
You weren't referring to the output of lynx -version in the changelog? The docs seem to contain the most current SSL information if a change is wanted. Lynx Version 2.8.6dev.16 (18 Dec 2005) libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, OpenSSL 0.9.7g, ncurses 5.4.20040208 Built on linux-gnu Dec 18 2005 20:58:51 See http://www.moxienet.com/lynx/ for information about SSL for Lynx. __Stef On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: * remove pointer to http://www.moxienet.com/lynx/ since it no longer has useful information about SSL for Lynx (Crouton). ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] RE: FW: iDEFENSE Security Advisory [IDEF1089] Multiple Vendor Lynx Command Injection Vulnerability
Any of this related to this thread? I see some Oct 17 2005 reports with the same name (we didn't get anything on the list), but nothing since. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 25 10:53:30 2005 Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:25:08 +0200 From: Ulf Harnhammar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lynx-dev@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] 3xcrash: NULL dereferencing and buffer overflows On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 02:45:32AM +0200, Ulf Harnhammar wrote: 1) NULL dereferencing crash with unexpected data from Gopher server I have attached a fake Gopher server, lynx-gopher-crash.pl, that illustrates this issue. Run it, connect to it with lynx (lynx gopher://fake.server), select the Search menu item, press s, search for something.. notice how lynx crashes. It also crashes if you go directly to a URL like gopher://fake.server/2a?b;, for example by selecting a link in an HTML document. // Ulf ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] NO_TITLE blank line before bottom row
Just as an addendum, any link that would have been on the last row, that is moved to the top (row 1), on the next page, is drawn inaccessibly, i.e. not as a link. Try (in -notitle ADVANCED mode) http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/09/Katrina_Friday20050909.html page down to end, page up once. The first line should be a link. Page up again, it would have displayed in the missing last line. Hope that helps. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: With dev13c NO_TITLE:TRUE set the row above the bottom status line (in ADVANCED user mode) is always blank (regular 80 x 25 getty terminal). thanks (that's the sort of thing I thought might break, though I did not find a case of it). ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
RE: [Lynx-dev] Lynx SSL help
This form is for file upload. I do not believe this can be automated with lynx. You cannot POST using -post_data to a file upload form AFAIK. The server is expecting a filename, and then a file it can write out, which isn't implemented (yet). The file could be sent in -post_data if -post_data could be amended to read in a file to send: -post_file_with_data, maybe? RFC1867 shows that the post elements get stacked one after the other separated by Content-type: and content-disposition: headers, boundaries, the data, and CRLFs. Stef http://caunter.ca/crypto.html On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Runu Ali wrote: Hi I tried what you said I cannot get it to work, this is what I have been doing. I have a file called b which contains the following MerchantID=barPassword=fooFileType=CSVCCFile=FDGMETROIN 1898110805 So I did Cat b | lynx -post_date https://clearance.commsecure.com.au/cgi-bin/FileUploader - I get the following : CommSecure FileUpload Declined This upload was declined because: Problem header ['FDGMETROIN1898110805'] had wrong number of fields. parsing file Please contact our helpdesk on 02 9497 4400 for help if it is unclear what is going wrong. [1]Please try again? References 1. https://clearance.commsecure.com.au/cgi-bin/FileUploader Can you help ? If you connect to it and have a look at the form, is there anything I have missed ?? Thanks Runu -Original Message- From: Stef Caunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 12:02 AM To: Runu Ali Subject: RE: [Lynx-dev] Lynx SSL help try cat foo.txt | lynx -post_data https://your.domain.tld/ - where foo.txt contains one line with all the pairs to POST On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Runu Ali wrote: I am trying to send contents of a file this is the syntax I am using echo 'MerchantID=??Password=??FileType=CSVCCFile=FDGMETRO.IN.1898.110805' | lynx -post_data https://?? It does not work, I need to be able to send the contents of the file # This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com # ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] page count with -notitle
I find I am missing having a page count (page n of m) while in -notitle mode. Can the page count be put into the single info line of advanced mode the way it is displayed in the title line? Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] NO_TITLE blank line before bottom row
With dev13c NO_TITLE:TRUE set the row above the bottom status line (in ADVANCED user mode) is always blank (regular 80 x 25 getty terminal). I just went to fiddle with the user mode settings in 'O'ptions and find that this row doesn't seem to redraw either. If I select NOVICE mode and 'A'ccept, I have VI keys:[ON_] in the row above the reporting line for the duration of the session. However, in INTERMEDIATE mode, this does not occur. Stef - http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx on 10x8-Terminal - Disable non-content lines?
When I add that to LYUtils.c, LYCurses.c gives similar error in the start_curses function - undefined reference to LYReopenInput. Stef On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: I probably overlooked adding a || defined(HAVE_TTYNAME) before the LYConsoleInputFD() function in LYUtils.c (when I built it, I had MISC_EXP defined). ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx on 10x8-Terminal - Disable non-content lines?
It's great, even on NetBSD ;) The syslog feature can be most useful for college/shell account providers. I noticed it back in May but hadn't tried it. File size, server reponse codes, (those are always available aren't they?) and disabling user tagging might be useful enhancements. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: It might have relied upon the TTY_DEVICE ifdef (if the configure script did not find ttyname - which is POSIX - but you're using NetBSD ;-) ftp://invisible-island.net/temp/lynx2.8.6dev.13c.patch.gz ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx on 10x8-Terminal - Disable non-content lines?
dev.13b on NetBSD 3.99 (basically 2.02) and FreeBSD 5.3 during linking and creating executable: LYUtils.o(.text+0x2027): In function `LYReopenInput': : undefined reference to `LYConsoleInputFD' Stef On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: ftp://invisible-island.net/temp/lynx2.8.6dev.13b.patch.gz ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx on 10x8-Terminal - Disable non-content lines?
In lynx.cfg: DEFAULT_USER_MODE:ADVANCED will get rid of 2 of the 3 bottom lines. NOMARGINS:TRUE isn't available yet in lynx.cfg - you have to specify lynx -nomargins as a command line option AWAI (can this be added to lynx.cfg? - I asked a while ago but it probably fell through the cracks). I'm not sure how to suppress the title line display. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Arne Kowallik wrote: Hi, is it possible to disable displaying non-content on screen? E.g.: - title line - 3 bottom lines and - empty left and right border I want to use lynx on a terminal with 10 lines and 8 columns. Thanks, Arne ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Auth via CMD line issues.
Works with dev13. I know lynx does not use getopt, but - and -- are interchangeable; the -auth forgives ellipsis of the '=': --auth=foo:bar --auth foo:bar -auth foo:bar -auth=foo:bar confounding those of us who try all combinations. Stef On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Henry Nelson wrote: Attempting to run: /usr/bin/lynx --dump -auth=user:pw http:// /dev/null ^^ Is it okay to have two hyphens? (I've always used just one.) ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Startfile page not available
I'd probably get a local copy of a basic lynx helpfile to assist new users. Just tried lynx /dev/zero which is pretty interesting. Read stopped at 2095000KiB and then started up again. Consumed all available cpu of course. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: I seem to recall someone setting the file to /dev/null, which is usually easy to find. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] isc.org whines about javascript
While going to get bind9 with lynx today, I was confronted with: Your browser doesn't support javascript/frames so blah type page at http://www.isc.org/ (!). Which, while partially true, doesn't seem at all appropriate in context. | Stef - http://caunter.ca/crypto.html http://caunter.ca/contact.html This email is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] the 'z' key
well you aren't going to stop lynx from waiting for the system resolver with ^G, but TG has his *own* system. If I'm not mistaken lynx just uses available system calls to stay small and fast and avoid reinventing the wheel. When I get stuck in lookup hell I either go to another tty for a few seconds or give up with ^C (this is nice inside pine when checking phishing type spam urls with lynx). | Stef - On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 the mental interface of Thorsten Glaser told: I wonder... why cannot lynx simply stop with EVERYTHING if I hit 'z' repeatedly? Doesn't meet CTRLG your needs? Elimar -- Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads ;-) ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx2.8.6dev.12 -- CRASH on OSX 10.4.1
FWIW this displays perfectly on OSX 10.3.9 with dev12. Go to: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/ do repeated searches for r5, and watch the screen misbehave. I also do not get the odd line display from http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2005-04/msg00035.html on the Macintosh, whether using lynx dev.12 in Terminal, or using Terminal to shell to an OpenBSD/dev.11i build (window size is 102x32 - the BSD is an 80x24 getty). | Stef - ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx2.8.6dev.12 -- CRASH on OSX 10.4.1
quite a difference between lynx, firefox and safari on OSX 10.3.9 PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE 7708 lynx 0.0% 0:00.02 11221 492K 1.58M 1.62M 28.0M 7707 tcsh 0.0% 0:00.04 11320 356K 724K 876K 22.1M 7706 login0.0% 0:00.03 11337 144K 484K 520K 26.9M 7704 firefox-bi 21.7% 0:11.55 12 198 253 17.8M+ 25.4M 32.2M+ 291M 7692 top 12.5% 0:10.98 12026 268K 492K 656K 27.1M 6681 Safari 0.0% 0:13.16 5 110 265 13.5M 20.2M 19.2M 119M lynx runs beautifully on this iBook (nice to not have to wait for a gui). | Stef - ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone
Apologies for the harsh mess over on netbsd-users... takes all kinds... Being a fairly devoted NetBSD user/admin the issue needed airing (thanks for stepping in). I piped up when emacs installs reported errors, thinking (hoping?) that having reports from lynx and emacs might lend weight to the argument. Well, at least it didn't provoke a totally defensive reaction from everyone. I really appreciate you taking the time. | Stef - ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone (fwd)
This didn't hit lynx-dev, so I'm sending it there, with this comment to netbsd-users: I started this thread because *not only* the lynx browser but emacs also won't build with the supplied stock make and this is *less good than before*. Follow the thread: it's not lynx, and not emacs, it's NetBSD 2.0 make that is the problem. IMHO it's rather less than impressive to have to go fetch gmake before you can install programs/utilities that are frankly universal and that worked up to 1.6.2 out of the box. Stef On Mon, 23 May 2005, Klaus Klein wrote: The makefile in that directory does not specify .h as a .SUFFIX. Adding that, makes it work. So FWIW, POSIX has a set of default .SUFFIXES, and .h isn't one of them, whereas GNU make indeed does define it regardless of POSIXLY_CORRECT being set in the environment. Which means the Lynx makefile is actually broken, and just happens to work on some OS's by lucky chance of a nonstandard extension in the system-level makefile fragments. -- -- Todd Vierling [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone
On Sun, 22 May 2005, Rick Kelly wrote: Same problem with lynx; it will not compile out of the box on 2.0.2 without gmake; it did on 1.6.2. ^^ the make that ships with 2.0.2 is broken. I got that built and installed with gmake. Stef ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone
On Mon, 23 May 2005, Martin Husemann wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 08:57:23AM -0400, Stef Caunter wrote: the make that ships with 2.0.2 is broken. lynx compiled for years on NetBSD 1.5 and 1.6 on a default install; it has never compiled successfully on a 2.0 default install: make is broken. I point this out in the context of this thread because it appears that the issue is not confined to just the (rather indispensible IMHO) lynx browser. What do you mean? Martin ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone
Please see lynx-dev snippet below from Jan 2005. On Mon, 23 May 2005, Martin Husemann wrote: It is not clear from the context of this thread that this is exactly the same lynx, nor how it doesn't compile. make is broken. Maybe. But nothing supporting this hypothesis has been shown here. Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:39:30 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stef Caunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Lynx Development lynx-dev@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] UCdomap.c NetBSD2.0 NetBSD ships a broken make program. I have a copy of one of the prereleases and it does the same thing. I don't recall exactly, but probably ran into it before, since I see I'd installed GNU make on November 10th. What I see breaking is the make tables in the src/chrtrans directory. It doesn't do anything. The copy that comes with NetBSD 1.6 does work; I've been using that for various testing on a different machine. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone
Same problem with lynx; it will not compile out of the box on 2.0.2 without gmake; it did on 1.6.2. Stef On Sun, 22 May 2005, Denis Lagno wrote: On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 04:27:36PM -0600, Rick Kelly scribed: Does anyone know of a version of emacs or and emacs clone that will compile out of the box on NetBSD _without_ pkgsrc? GNU emacs, -current from cvs repository. 22.0.50.1 compiles and runs without problems. but you need auto* tools, and probably gmake. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] NetBSD 2.0 more than warnings
So they are using a broken make, are happy to run out and get gmake in their packaging setup, but can't or won't bundle it in the shipped OS. I have noticed consider installing foo messages in configure... is this something to consider for NetBSD 2.0 since it's been a while and it doesn't look promising. I know the workaround has been published here, but the problem for this OS is that you need lynx to google around for the answer if you are attempting to build a working system; you can get make3.80 with ftp, but you can't find out that you need it without lynx, or without a message to that effect. On Thu, 5 May 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: Checked NetBSD2.0.2 pkgsrc lynx (2.8.5rel2). It runs off and gets make3.80 before doing the build, which succeeds. I'll try a send-pr on this and see if they might consider using 3.80 (I'm sure there are reasons why they don't). I'm sure also (it's GPL). ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: README.options
.lynxrc is rather more extensible than this, and post facto documentation as part of a (surprise!) file overwrite isn't optimal for the Options Screen. On Mon, 2 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 20050501 19:42, Stef Caunter # This file contains options saved from the Lynx Options Screen (normally # with the '' key). There is normally no need to edit this file manually, # since the defaults here can be controlled from the Options Screen, and the # next time options are saved from the Options Screen this file will be # completely rewritten. You have been warned... Aside from out-of-date reference to '', this is quite good enough. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx under OSX 10.4 (Tiger) fails 'make' @ h_addr ; OK under 10.3.X
this is very application specific; lynx is the best there is for rock-solid working source code that builds out of the box; the testing and reporting network is deep and experienced. Apple should send Tom Dickey a box right away (and ship OSX with lynx)... pet peeve Apple 'includes' all this %*%*^, crowing about how they're open source inclusive then leaves it to us to figure out how to configure/install ... /pet peeve ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx under OSX 10.4 (Tiger) fails 'make' @ h_addr ; OK under 10.3.X
commenting /etc/hosts works - lynx shows as from an ip6 address in logs - note my box is running ip6 aware bind9 and has an ip6 dns entry - don't know how that would be on 10.3 or 10.4 - netbsd is famously usable with ip6. Certainly the system resolver routines have to ask for ip6 resolution first for client programs; lynx and others need to be sent over that stack from the lookup, so having an ip6 aware nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf is helpful. AND, i have to figure out how to configure my internal bind9 DNS server for IPv6 use! well, at least its BUILT for the support ... i suppose i COULD just test on localhost, but ... tunnelbroker.net provides sample configs also, for the tunnel broker option, *my* router (sveasoft mod'd linksys) needs to have ipv6 turned on ... i'm fairly certain it's there - somewhere. before you bang your head against that wall: tunneled addresses are only good for one host; they are leaf nodes only; won't route or grow a network (you need a real *not* tunneled address for that, ask me how I know) -; use your mac to get the 6 address, and make sure all packet filtering is off. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx under OSX 10.4 (Tiger) fails 'make' @ h_addr ; OK under 10.3.X
I have a 10.3 box so I am following this with some interest. in the meantime, i've setup a localhost apache2 server, and naively tried % lynx http://::1/server-status lynx launched, and i got a page reply of: You don't have permission to access /server-status on this server. That's a Location handled by that module; you'd get network error before app error so yes. gotta figure out how to conifg apache2 for ip6 ... apache2 wants a Listen directive for its interfaces; I am not sure if you need to define ::1 as an address for listening, but configtest it and see if it accepts it. but, it LOOKS like it responded to an ip6 query. is this actually verification that IPv6 works for lynx, or is the reply simply a fortuitous conincidence? see if httpd logged the requesting address and user-agent as fact. cheers, richard ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] README.options
It says in the generated .lynxrc: # This file contains options saved from the Lynx Options Screen (normally # with the '' key). There is normally no need to edit this file manually, # since the defaults here can be controlled from the Options Screen, and the # next time options are saved from the Options Screen this file will be # completely rewritten. You have been warned... '' does not do this AFAICT (it does in MBM menu). Did this become different when the save checkbox was introduced (I am not sure when either happened)? The text should either indicate that there is some point to making edits to .lynxrc since it won't get overwritten by default, and the implication that the overwrite occurs can be changed to reflect current behaviour. The text in .lynxrc could indicate this instead: # Warning: # Since you are reading this file you presumably are aware of its potential to # configure the behaviour of the lynx browser, and are able to use a unix text # editor. # You may edit this file to control the startup behaviour of the lynx browser, # but note well that if you choose to save settings to disk from [O]ptions # you will overwrite this file completely and lose any edits you have made. # # However, [O]ptions settings will not be saved to disk unless you select # Save options to disk: [_] before selecting Accept Changes. # This will replace this file and lynx will remember your new settings # and forget your old settings. # | Stef - http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] README.options
The idea is to clarify for a new user. The fact that lynx can puzzle by not remembering [O]ptions settings is demystified by associating this with the disk write (or not) to .lynxrc. LYNXOPTIONS only handles a subset of possible config settings for the user. It will be helpful to point out that each of those few settings are overwritten for each Accept with Save to Disk POST to LYNXOPTIONS - reminds me of chmod 0700 rather than chmod u+x (change to follow) ... | Stef - On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Bela Lubkin wrote: You might want to clarify one point about this. Hitting Accept Changes when Save options to disk is enabled writes out _all_ settings, not just the ones changes in the current [O]ptions dialog. That is, if you did: 1. [O]ptions 2. Change User mode to Advanced 3. Accept Changes 4. [O]ptions 5. Change VI keys to Off 6. Checkmark Save options to disk 7. Accept Changes -- the change made in step 2 has now been written to disk. This will be obvious to _current_ Lynx users, and may seem intuitively obvious to most readers on this list. It is much less obvious to a new user. A different reasonable assumption would be that Save options to disk only writes out changes made during the _current_ [O]ptions session. Bela ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] textarea wrapping
Small problem with http://brickboard.com/RWD (a forum). Select a post, select Reply to this message. With 2.8.6.dev10 (and 2.8.5dev7) textarea displays correctly. With 2.8.6.dev11i textarea wraps a space below. | Stef - http://caunter.ca/crypto.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] README.options
Short howto on [O]ptions and MBM setup; comments/edits welcome. README.options Using the lynx browser [O]ptions configuration tool. General Usage on a unix system: Press O at any time in your lynx session to access this utility page. This is one of several custom system URLs that cause lynx to self-configure. Please note: Ensure and confirm that your [O]ptions session is flushed to disk, by selecting: Save options to disk: [_] before selecting Accept Changes. This freshens your .lynxrc file, which is your default personal configuration for the lynx browser. Otherwise you will only affect settings for your individual session; they aren't remembered next time you use lynx, (since you actually did not tell lynx to remember them). This disk write to .lynxrc is not default behaviour for [O]ptions configurations. The lynx browser tends to tread lightly at first. Note that you must first have permission on your system to create, write to and read from a .lynxrc file in your home directory. Using some of the menu items: User mode controls the amount of on screen help at the bottom of the screen. You get the familiar view of the link target you are on when you use ADVANCED user mode, and this also gives you the most top to bottom screen area. ADVANCED user mode also allows for sub bookmark functionality (see below). The (for now) command line only option --nomargins provides the largest readable left to right screen coverage. Editor is for jumping to vi or whatever you prefer during local file edits and for textarea editing with ^Xe if you are filling out a form while browsing. Please see README.cookies for a brief cookie handling discussion. Multi-bookmarks allows several files to be your bookmarks; it will introduce a browse list of them if they are defined as below. Once the Multi-bookmarks setup on Options is done and has been written out to your .lynxrc (remember to Accept Changes and to Save Changes to disk), in .lynxrc you will see a list of 25 possible other bookmark files (26 letters minus A) - you need to then associate some of them with (meaningful) filenames to get the Multi-bookmark menu. Note that the files must be relative to your home directory. The best way to create and manage them is by using the MultiBookmarkMenu (MBM) configuration tool selectable from the [O]ptions menu. The MBM allows you to describe the sub bookmark, and name a file relative to your home directory that will contain the html for the saved links. You populate one of the lettered sub bookmarks, describe it, and provide a filename. saves the edits, and ^G cancels edits. The sub bookmarks will be accessible by pressing the associated key from a menu when invoking the bookmark choice (lynx -book, or 'V' in a session), or when saving new bookmarks. You can directly access your sub bookmarks by letter key alone by defining sub_bookmarks=ADVANCED in .lynxrc or lynx.cfg, if you have ADVANCED general user mode selected as well. The Multi-bookmark submenu can still be seen in ADVANCED by pressing =, and is always seen in STANDARD mode. They are seen in your .lynxrc like so: multi_bookmarkB=cars,Cars multi_bookmarkC=news,News multi_bookmarkD=sports,Sports Filename precedes description in .lynxrc, whereas in the MBM configuration utility, the description is the left column, and the filename is in the right column displayed. Stef Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html http://caunter.ca/README.options ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] How to use multi-bookmarks? (What am I doing wrong?)
(belated reply, mail woes) Ensure and confirm that your [O]ptions session is flushed to disk, by selecting to save to disk; this freshens your .lynxrc file. Otherwise you get settings for your individual session that aren't remembered next time. This disk write to .lynxrc should be default behaviour for [O]ptions configurations IMHO, but it's not. There may be reasons that make this unwanted as default; lynx tends to tread lightly at first. The [O]ptions behaviour is probably what is missing from the doco. I'd be happy to put something in an edit (what is the filename?), or submit something on the [O]ptions URL in general. Once the multibookmarks setup on Options is done and has been written out to your .lynxrc, edit .lynxrc and you will see a list of 25 possible other bookmark files (26 letters minus A) - you need to then associate some of them with filenames to get the menus and other functionality. | Stef - http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, David Combs wrote: lynx -cfg=~/lynx.cfg -useragent=Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 -vikeys -cache=60 -book And, here's the = page: Lynx 2.8.5rel.1 (04 Feb 2004) ([1]latest release) File that you are currently viewing: Linkname: Bookmark Page URL: file://localhost/net/u/1/d/dkcombs/lynx_bookmarks.html Charset: iso-8859-1 (assumed) Content-Length: 591463 bytes Owner(s): None size: 11979 lines mode: normal, bookmark file Link that you currently have selected Linkname: Goodlight Message Board URL: http://www.goodlight.net/ (1) I tried to set multi-bookmarks to standard, via the options menu, and then clicked on accept changes -- and tried rerunning lynx. That option-menu still showed off. (2) So, I changed it in .lynxrc, to standard. Then I ran lynx, (This being the bookmark-section of the Options-page I see having by-hand changed .lynxrc: ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] passwords cookies
(more belated replies - Philip, I will try to send something for LHFB; I think Options has changed over the years as well) my relevant lynx.cfg settings: FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE:FALSE SET_COOKIES:TRUE ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES:TRUE PERSISTENT_COOKIES:TRUE COOKIE_FILE:/crypt/secret/lynx/.lynx_cookies COOKIE_SAVE_FILE:/crypt/secret/lynx/.lynx_cookies COOKIE_LOOSE_INVALID_DOMAINS:sports.espn.go.com,espn.go.com,.go.com,passport.net,login.passport.net,lc1.bay0.hotmail.passport.com,ld.cb.msn.com,loginnet.passport.com:443, Do you have a save file, and is it flushed out to disk when you exit lynx? Check with lynx -trace URL and see if the disk write happens down at the bottom. I am not sure if you get cookies to really persist unless this happens. The FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE isn't in play here - I use it for ebay, or it won't remember me (their login is secure but everything else isn't, like a lot of big sites). The COOKIE_LOOSE_INVALID_DOMAINS is for the botched cookies from these sites. I read espn a lot, although their dynamic stuff is increasingly client script triggered; I tried to work around the hotmail shut out of lynx a few years ago but gave up... | Stef - On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Philip Webb wrote: one of my daily reads is the Toronto Star, ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Removing the 3 character left right margin...
Domain missing from posted URL (removed 3 character domain from URL?...) Stef ftp://invisible-island.net/temp/lynx2.8.6dev.11i.patch.gz On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: ftp://invisible-island/temp/lynx2.8.6dev.11i.patch.gz ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] NetBSD 2.0 more than warnings
Sorry to be taking rather than giving lately, but 2.0 isn't liking dev11 to the
point that it errors out, same with 2.8.5rel1.
Here is some of stderr (from about 200 lines) followed by some of config.log to
do with character sets.
I know that NetBSD doesn't have a term.h from previous adventures with
antiword (probably not it). The check for alternate charsets by curses fails.
UCdomap.c:41:59: cp1250_uni.h: No such file or directory
UCdomap.c:56:59: cp869_uni.h: No such file or directory
UCdomap.c:57:59: def7_uni.h: No such file or directory
UCdomap.c:58:59: dmcs_uni.h: No such file or directory
UCdomap.c:59:59: hp_uni.h: No such file or directory
UCdomap.c:80:61: pt154_uni.h: No such file or directory
UCdomap.c: In function `con_set_default_unimap':
UCdomap.c:601: error: `dfont_unitable' undeclared (first use in this function)
UCdomap.c:601: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
UCdomap.c:601: error: for each function it appears in.)
UCdomap.c:603: error: `dfont_unicount' undeclared (first use in this function)
UCdomap.c:611: error: `dfont_replacedesc' undeclared (first use in this
function)
UCdomap.c:611: error: `repl_map' undeclared (first use in this function)
UCdomap.c: In function `UCInit':
~UCdomap.c:2065: error: `UC_CHARSET_SETUP_koi8_u' undeclared (first use in this
function)
UCdomap.c:2066: error: `UC_CHARSET_SETUP_ptcp154' undeclared (first use in this
function)
Here is some of config.log that might be relevant.
#include LYCurses.h
#include termio.h
int main() {
putchar(0x0a)
; return 0; }
configure:18630: checking for curses/term.h
configure:18640: gcc -E conftest.c /dev/null 2conftest.out
configure:18636:25: curses/term.h: No such file or directory
configure: failed program was:
#line 18635 configure
#include confdefs.h
#include curses/term.h
configure:18630: checking for term.h
configure:18640: gcc -E conftest.c /dev/null 2conftest.out
configure:18636:18: term.h: No such file or directory
configure: failed program was:
#line 18635 configure
#include confdefs.h
#include term.h
configure:18668: checking if curses supports alternate-character set
configure:18685: gcc -o conftest -O2 conftest.c -lcurses -lssl -lcrypto -lssl
15
configure: In function `main':
configure:18681: error: `acs_map' undeclared (first use in this function)
configure:18681: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
configure:18681: error: for each function it appears in.)
configure: failed program was:
#line 18676 configure
#include confdefs.h
#include curses.h
int main() {
chtype x = acs_map['l']; acs_map['m'] = 0
; return 0; }
configure:18685: gcc -o conftest -O2 conftest.c -lcurses -lssl -lcrypto -lssl
15
configure:18708: checking if curses supports fancy attributes
configure:18727: gcc -o conftest -O2 conftest.c -lcurses -lssl -lcrypto -lssl
15
configure:18795: checking if curses supports color attributes
configure:18816: gcc -o conftest -O2 conftest.c -lcurses -lssl -lcrypto -lssl
15
configure:18850: checking for termio.h
configure:18850: checking for termios.h
configure:18850: checking for unistd.h
configure:18936: checking whether termios.h needs _POSIX_SOURCE
configure:18945: gcc -c -O2 conftest.c 15
configure:18986: checking declaration of size-change
configure:19039: gcc -c -O2 conftest.c 15
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[Lynx-dev] NetBSD-2.0 headers
I'm building a NetBSD-2.0 box tonight and get the usual header errors. Was there a workaround short of getting them to fix their OS? -- __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] configuring lynx with ssl
This just means you have not installed the binary to where the original copy of the lynx browser is located on the system (you need root to do that). You can use the binary you built in your home directory; if you put ~/bin in your PATH and allow lynx to find a lynx.cfg file you will be able to use your new lynx. ./lynx -version will confirm your build with ssl ./lynx -cfg ./lynx.cfg will start the new copy of the browser. __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Joel Salomon wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:12:35 -0500, Joel Salomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, it's working. Spoke too soon: Alert!: This client does not contain support for HTTPS URLs. I'm sure I missed something trivial, but I don't see it handy in the archives. --Joel ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] configuring lynx with ssl
try ./configure --with-ssl=/usr/include or ./configure --with-ssl=/usr/include/openssl Very often (if you can) installing latest openssl to default locations on a system will allow it to be picked up by configure. Stef http://caunter.ca/crypto.html On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Joel Salomon wrote: Hello: I'm trying to configure lynx2-8-6 to use ssl, but... ./configure --prefix=/yada/yada --with-ssl gives me (after a whole bunch of configure messages): ... checking for inet_aton function... yes checking for SSL_get_version in -lssl... yes checking for openssl include directory... no checking if we can link to ssl library... no configure: error: Cannot link with ssl library bash-2.05b$ So I have -lssl - I just can't use it! My openssl include directory is /usr/include/openssl - what do I put in --with-ssl= --with-ssl=/usr gives: ... checking for inet_aton function... yes checking for openssl include directory... no checking if we can link to ssl library... no configure: error: Cannot link with ssl library bash-2.05b$ Thanks, --Joel ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] cygwin compile error
I'm new to cygwin, just did a complete install - this is an error when I try to bring its lynx from 2.8.4 (!) to either 2.8.5rel1 or 2.8.6dev11. Do I have to upgrade gcc or other tools/headers/libraries? LYStrings.c: In function `expand_tiname': LYStrings.c:930: error: `strnames' undeclared (first use in this function) LYStrings.c:930: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once LYStrings.c:930: error: for each function it appears in.) LYStrings.c:931: error: `strfnames' undeclared (first use in this function) LYStrings.c:932: error: `cur_term' undeclared (first use in this function) make[1]: *** [LYStrings.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lynx2-8-5/src' make: *** [all] Error 2 -- __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] cygwin compile error
it omits a link for term.h Adding that link should make things work in /usr/include I did - ln ncurses/term.h term.h improved things: we get to linking the .o files. During linking stops at ../WWW/Library/Implementation/libwww.a(HTTCP.o)(.text+0x71b):HTTCP.c: undefined reference to `_WSASetLastError' Info: resolving _cur_term by linking to __imp__cur_term (auto-import) Info: resolving _curscr by linking to __imp__curscr (auto-import) Info: resolving _stdscr by linking to __imp__stdscr (auto-import) Info: resolving _COLORS by linking to __imp__COLORS (auto-import) Info: resolving _COLOR_PAIRS by linking to __imp__COLOR_PAIRS (auto-import) Info: resolving _ttytype by linking to __imp__ttytype (auto-import) Info: resolving _LINES by linking to __imp__LINES (auto-import) Info: resolving _COLS by linking to __imp__COLS (auto-import) Info: resolving _h_errno by linking to __imp__h_errno (auto-import) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [lynx.exe] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] LYNX: copy of reply (re lynx) to Stallman, re self-link via 'print'
The self-link request (which I have often wished for while standing on my he$ to send a link from a shell) is a good one. Is there a PRINTER: hack? You would need %s to not be the page; does the url populate some other variable? Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html The absolutely best *solution* to this no-self-link problem *of lynx* is to *change lynx itself*. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] how to maximize client area???
Is it win32 or DOS? I haven't heard of *nix sans sed. perhaps sed is not in your $PATH for sh? try /bin/bash or whatever instead of sh, or use full /path/to/sed Stef On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not on my machine, because there is no sed on it. Furthermore, the text is not filled to the right margin that Lynx had. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: Lynx as primary browser (was Re: [Lynx-dev] how to maximize client area???)
I think this is a nice side effect to google optimization practices which are filtering down to web developers. I've long thought that googlebot sees like lynx, and perhaps there is now evident confirmation of this. On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Seth House wrote: Lynx should (and does) keep up with modern standards, and I believe that web designers are moving toward more Lynx-friendly practices. If you need proof hit the new Disney Store UK or Chevrolet websites with Lynx: they're beautiful! http://disneystore-shopping.disney.co.uk/store/Home.aspx http://www.chevrolet.com/ Stef ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] it doesn't render tables.... :-(
What is the version of lynx? You should get an accurate representation of those sites that is reasonably pleasant, if not something you might prefer. Lynx provides a real view of the web; I cannot think of any other user agent that approaches its accuracy and correctness. You may have a version/build that is not optimized to your taste, or you may not be used to the lynx view of things. There is a configure option (--enable-nested-tables) that may give a display that is more like what you expect. Stef Caunter http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Ring, Jerry wrote: I used Lynx recently and noticed it doesn't render tables... I found ELinks (http://elinks.or.cz/) that actually renders tables, color backgrounds, forms, etc...quite smart looking, but they do not have a DOS port (or even a Windows port). I was wondering if am I misinformed of Lynx? Does Lynx do these features I mentioned and if not will they ever be implemented? I tried for example viewing drudgereport.com and Slashdot.org and it looks horrible. Its hard for me to get a sense of what is where (webpage layout). I understand it is a text browser but it shouldn't have to be this limited. Don't mean to be ugly...just disappointed that's all. Thanks. -Jer ** This email and any files transmitted with it from the ElPaso Corporation are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. ** ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] how to maximize client area???
I think choice to have or not have indents is important; personally, I -dump out pages and have to :%s/^ // out the spaces in vi, and anything over 79 cols wraps, (small gripe). But I won't see lynx marginalized here. For many people it is our primary browser for HTTP; no one's personal usage has a priori primacy in a universal context. The lynx browser is as useful as you choose to make it. Stef On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: surely, anyone outside the poorest parts of the World today has access to Firefox, Konqueror other graphical browsers, which display WWW pages as their authors intend them to be seen. Lynx still has important uses, but in limited contexts. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] how to maximize client area???
Thanks. I posted to know about its purpose (haven't seen anything on it before). On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: justify-elts won't pack any more words into the same line, it just makes the right-margins line up. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] how to maximize client area???
Both views have merit. The stability and predictability of the display are practical necessities; yet one might wish to not have the 3 ' ' left margin. Perhaps a userdefs.h solution would allow it to be changed on a site/distro basis? Stef On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Thorsten Glaser wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: [ left and right margin ] isn't it time to remove this rather burocratic left-over (smile) ? No. I had a Lynx which used full screen width by accident, I don't know on which page but I think it was slashdot, must have been something with their layout. It sucks. I'd like my Lynx to stay as-is because Lynx is simply the best browser _because_ of its way to display things. (That goes for the non-existant support of frames and tables too (but some of the tables I saw would be renderable by lynx) because e.g. the way links -g does it trashes keyboard navigation.) bye, //mirabile ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] dump command via batchfile
Sounds like there may be environment variables not present in the batch? Usually if lynx is okay on command line and isn't okay inside a script this is the place to check. Also, there should be a win32 2.8.5 version, which may be of help if the environment is not the problem. There is different table support selectable at compile time; you don't say if you use a binary distribution or roll your own. Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, C wrote: Howdy I have this problem with lynx. if i run a command from a cmd window in xp , with the download option and then pipe the output like this it works fine ie temp.txt but if i copy that to a batch file and run it , it misses a another http call to update a table on the first page called...which is the info i need :O/ here is my command usage C:\tempforlynxlynx.exe -dump -timeout=15 http://www.futuresource.com/quotes/ custom.jsp?us=s=DJs=NQs=SPs=SMs=FVmc=1divider=fields=desc%2Cmonthyea r%2C last%2Cchgoldsettle%2Copen%2Chigh%2Clow%2Cnewsettle%2Cdatetime temp.txt [this works in cmd window fine but in a batch file some info is missing] i am using the win32 ver 2.8.4 ,operating system windows xp servicepack 2 Cheers cameron ps my appoligies if this is the wrong place for this sort of thing. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx2.8.6dev.9
Not only do you mention good reasons for still using lynx but also, I've had broadband (+100K down) since 99, and I find lynx is still indispensible: 1. it's still faster (reduce ALERT timing!) 2. if you work in a shell it's the best maintained user-agent by far IMHO and lets you google fastest for info - better productivity 3. it is a superb download manager 4. with a proper cryptographic filesystem you can secure access to your bookmarks and cookies 5. its server certificate handling with the *nix system is excellent 6. many users prefer a .cfg file for settings 7. it's an excellent way to teach many important *nix fundamentals 8. the increasing pollution of scripted advertising is bypassed (see many major media sites) 9. the absence of javascript support is becoming a plus IMHO 10. the lynx-dev list is one of the most interesting :) lynx to me is one of the core *nix apps; the presence of an up to date version on a system is important, just like pine or gcc or vi. There is no substitute. Lynx is an original treasure and a real gift to us all. __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 041230 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linkname: Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive URL: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html Neat site, BTW! indeed ! i don't know how i've missed it till now ! tho' i'm not sure why anyone would use Lynx to access it today. i continue to use Lynx to mail news stories to people (with Mutt+Gvim), browse local files (typically help dox in remote dirs under /usr ) access 1 major newspaper which refuses to deal with other browsers due to some quirk in its handling of cookies registration. Lynx lost its big advantage -- speed -- with the spread of broadband. anyway, i certainly echo the vote of thanx to TD for working on it. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Moving past a Search Field
this seems to refer to 2 different searches On rare occasions, I will go to a site and find there is a search form staring me in the face. At that point, any characters typed on the keyboard are assumed to be part of the search string. If I tab a couple of times, the form is submitted all be it empty. Is there a more elegant way to break out of a search form if one isn't interested in searching at the time? Seems to refer to a form submittal of a search string to a server (server side search). In this case using lynx -tna will help, although I am not sure why any form would submit with just tabbing... The -tna option (TEXTFIELDS_NEED_ACTIVATION:TRUE in lynx.cfg) lets you navigate a page without stumbling over text entry forms; you have to hit Enter to start typing into a form box (before submitting the POST or GET), which requires an input type=submit tag somewhere in the form tag structure (javascript won't do). So arrow or vi_key cursor pushing works more predictably. In pages where the search form isn't the first link, I can use a / and tell lynx to search for some word or expression that appears below the search box and that works okay, but what if the search form is the very first thing one encounters? Seems to refer to a search of the contents of a displayed page (client side search). Different situation, but -tna will at least skip over those text boxes. __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html Thank you. ___ Lynx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev ___ Lynx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
[Lynx-dev] (no subject)
On Slackware (2.4.26 kernel), after I leave an X session (blackbox) lynx (2.8.6dev7, pretty much stock compile) is unable to stay in a page - it retrieves and displays the page and then returns to the shell. Behaves normally if I log out and log back in. Reminds me of the NetBSD thing where you got stty -echo after a lynx session. Have we heard of this behaviour? __Stef ___ Lynx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: Lynx fails on http://politiken.dk
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Morten Bo Johansen wrote: If this is becoming a trend with hand-fisted administrators to block on user-agent lines with libwww in them, then maybe we should think about changing the default value in Lynx? It's ham-fisted :) Like the proposed change. __Stef http://caunter.ca/contact.html ___ Lynx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
