If you hit 'D' on a link, it will download it. It seems that once I hit a
telnet link and it threw me into a telnet log in.
brian
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 02:49:21AM -0700, Ajay Tallam wrote:
> Hey..
>
> Since somebody mentioned lynx (Btwn that and noticing the version here (on
> isun) has been upgraded), I felt like asking a question that has really been
> nagging me, not sure where to ask it. (I can't find a lynx newsgroup, and I'm
> almost reluctant to e-mail authors.. who knows. ;)
>
> LYNXSETTINGSTATUS://EXTERNAL/
>
> Does this URL work for anyone? I'm reading in lynx help, about lynx.cfg
> options, and I saw one that particularly.. interested me, support for external
> programs (eg, for http and ftp, downloading files.)
>
> I have been completely unsuccessful with finding a version of lynx that
> supports any of this, however. Anybody have any ideas? Supposedly support
> for this was added for Lynx/386 (DOS ver of Lynx), to help it do something it
> needed to do, which makes me think the feature is semi-old. (Making me all
> the more confused.)
>
> EXTERNAL:ftp:wget %s &:TRUE
>
> This is an example of a/the line that's supposed to go in lynx.cfg, which does
> nothing for me. I suppose it's related to the fact that the above URL doesn't
> work either. If anybody has any ideas, they would be GREATLY appreciated!
> thanks..
-- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/
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