Turns out you do not even need a magic value. You tried a premature optimisation, but Lynx calls LYGetEnv for the other *_proxy variables each time as well, so dropping the premature optimisation and switching to LYGetEnv and fixing a bug in the man(7)page results in:
--- a/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTCP.c +++ b/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTCP.c @@ -1848,6 +1848,8 @@ int HTDoConnect(const char *url, *s = -1; /* nothing is open yet */ /* In case of a present SOCKS5 proxy, marshal */ + if (socks5_proxy == NULL) + socks5_proxy = LYGetEnv("SOCKS5_PROXY"); if ((socks5_orig_url = socks5_proxy) != NULL) { int xport; --- a/lynx.man +++ b/lynx.man @@ -805,9 +805,16 @@ If enabled the transfer rate is shown in bytes/second. If disabled, no transfer rate is shown. Use lynx.cfg or the options menu to select KB/second and/or ETA. .TP -.B \-socks5\-proxy=URL -(Via which) SOCKS5 proxy to connect. -This controls the builtin SOCKS5 support, and is therefore unrelated to +.B \-socks5_proxy=URL +(Via which) SOCKS5 proxy to connect: any network traffic, including all +DNS resolutions but the one for URL itself, will be redirected through +the SOCKS5 proxy. +URL may be given as \*(``proxy.example.com\*('', +\*(``proxy.example.com:1080\*('', \*(``192.168.0.1\*('', or +\*(``192.168.0.1:1080\*('' (and IPv6 notation if so supported). +A SOCKS5 proxy may also be specified via the environment variable +.B SOCKS5_PROXY. +This option controls the builtin SOCKS5 support, which is unrelated to the option \fB\-nosocks\fP. .TP .B \-soft_dquotes @@ -1139,6 +1146,11 @@ wais_proxy .IP See \fBLynx Users Guide\fR for additional details and examples. .TP +.B SOCKS5_PROXY +Is inspected if +.B \-socks5_proxy +has not been used (for the same content). +.TP .B SSL_CERT_DIR Set to the directory containing trusted certificates. .TP --- a/src/LYMain.c +++ b/src/LYMain.c @@ -3916,7 +3916,7 @@ saves session to that file on exit" ), #endif PARSE_STR( - "socks5-proxy", 2|NEED_LYSTRING_ARG, socks5_proxy, + "socks5_proxy", 2|NEED_LYSTRING_ARG, socks5_proxy, "=URL\n(via which) SOCKS5 proxy to connect (unrelated to -nosocks!)" ), PARSE_SET( bye, //mirabilos _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev