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Subject: Re: Lynx and pics. From: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 13:55:48 -0700 Manuel A. Camacho Q." <mcamacho@habitat.co.cr> wrote: > I read somewhere that it is possible to surf with lynx under X and to > set it in such a way that you can open pics with a viewing software > (such as ee). Is this possible? If so, how do I set up lynx to do this? Well, this sounded like a suitably beserk thing to want to be able to do, so I set about figuring out how to do it (by the way, a lot of the information you need is available just by hitting "h" in lynx and reading everything in sight... admittedly this can take a while). The single most useful reference turns out to be the /etc/lynx.cfg file itself. Nearly every option is documented heavilly here, with examples of how you might want to set them. I've come to the conclusion that 90% or more of what you were asking for can be gotten from doing this: (1) Copy the global configuariont file to your home directory: cp /etc/lynx.cfg ~/lynx.cfg (2) Add this to your .bash_profile: # Playing with a local lynx config LYNX_CFG=~/lynx.cfg; export LYNX_CFG (3) Make these change to ~/lynx.cfg: MAKE_LINKS_FOR_ALL_IMAGES:TRUE XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND:ee %s & Note, I didn't need to make this change, and it doesn't appear to be needed for viewing gifs: VIEWER:image/gif:ee %s&:XWINDOWS (which makes me wonder what it's for). By the way, my personal preference would be to use "xv" (despite the less-free licensing) rather than "ee" as you suggested. For one thing, the "xv" windows seem to pop-up a lot faster on my machine than an "ee" window. And I've tried "ee" before and in general I found it annoying (e.g. it doesn't support standard X flags like -geometry). (I've also tried Enlightenment several times, and found it annoying too... my current theory is to stay away from Rasterman and stick to programmers that know how to run a spell checker). There are other options, of course. The lynx docs make reference to a free program called "xli", and one wonders why it's not included in the redhat disto. Oh, and by the way, you might notice that ~/.lynxrc file in your home directory: as far as I can tell, this is read and written by the lynx program when you play with the "o" command to set options inside the program: which means that in my opinion, it's grossly mis-named. An "rc" file should be manually editable, and you should be able to stick the same sort of settings in it that they're using lynx.cfg for. === Subject: RE: Lynx and pics. From: "Juha Saarinen" <juha_saarinen@email.msn.com> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:00:26 +1200 %-> I read somewhere that it is possible to surf with lynx under X and to %-> set it in such a way that you can open pics with a viewing software %-> (such as ee). Is this possible? If so, how do I set up lynx to do this? Yes -- check out http://www.hippo.ru/~hvv/lynxcfg_toc.html#IFACE_TO_PRGS for details on how to do it. === Subject: RE: Lynx and pics. From: "Juha Saarinen" <juha_saarinen@email.msn.com> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:00:00 +1200 %-> There are other options, of course. The lynx docs make %-> reference to a free program called "xli", and one wonders %-> why it's not included in the redhat disto. It is -- well, in a way it is. Xloadimage = xli from what I can gather. === Subject: Re: Lynx and pics. From: "Adam Sleight" <adams@linearcorp.com> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 22:55:46 -0700 can I suggest: image viewer with thumbnail previews, etc. http://chbg.sourceforge.net also something like lynx http://links.sourceforge.net ===