Alpine 1.10 and url-viewersThis is a discussion on Alpine 1.10 and url-viewers within the Pine forums in Other Technologies category; I store my Alpine configuration on my IMAP server and leave url-viewers undefined. However I have a Unix shell account where I use Lynx, so at the command line I append -url-viewers=/path/to/lynx. I can open and view web pages just fine. The problem is when I quit Lynx it just hangs. I have to break to get my session back and this causes Alpine to quit. I have viewed http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging...c/#url-viewers but this particular issue wasn't addressed. Is this a problem with Alpine or Lynx? FWIW I can launch Lynx from the command line and quit without a problem. I also ... | ||||||||
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07-08-2008, 05:00 PM
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 Alpine 1.10 and url-viewers I store my Alpine configuration on my IMAP server and leave url-viewers undefined. However I have a Unix shell account where I use Lynx, so at the command line I append -url-viewers=/path/to/lynx. I can open and view web pages just fine. The problem is when I quit Lynx it just hangs. I have to break to get my session back and this causes Alpine to quit. I have viewed http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging...c/#url-viewers but this particular issue wasn't addressed. Is this a problem with Alpine or Lynx? FWIW I can launch Lynx from the command line and quit without a problem. I also use -url-viewers on the command line on my Nokia N810 which launches and closes the browser just fine. -- John Mayson <john@mayson.us> Austin, Texas, USA  |
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08-04-2008, 04:37 PM
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| Re: Alpine 1.10 and url-viewers On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:00:47 -0500, John Mayson wrote: > I store my Alpine configuration on my IMAP server and leave url-viewers > undefined. I do that -- and read my mail in a gnome-terminal under linux, using an ssh command to get to the remote. On my own machine, I have a default browser (Dillo) set in my preferences. > However I have a Unix shell account where I use Lynx, so at > the command line I append -url-viewers=/path/to/lynx. I can open and > view web pages just fine. So can I. When the cursor gets near a URL, I right click, and the terminal offers a pop-up menu, whose first choice launches Dillo, and away I go. > The problem is when I quit Lynx it just > hangs. I have to break to get my session back and this causes Alpine to > quit. I have viewed > http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging...c/#url-viewers but this > particular issue wasn't addressed. Is this a problem with Alpine or > Lynx? FWIW I can launch Lynx from the command line and quit without a > problem. I also use -url-viewers on the command line on my Nokia N810 > which launches and closes the browser just fine. What happens if you just ssh in, and right click on the URL? I'm guessing that it's that addition to the simple pine command that's causing the trouble, though I don't know just how. -- Beartooth Implacable, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert What do they know of country, who only country know? |
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