lynxcgi: is not well-described in Lynx documentation;
there is nothing in Users Guide & the section in URL Support
contains one inaccuracy & an out-of-date assumption
that Lynx is usually installed by a system administrator.
--- old/lynx_url_support.html Mon Nov 8 02:53:54 1999
+++ new/lynx_url_support.html Mon Nov 8 03:05:41 1999
@@ -566,10 +566,11 @@
<pre>
<em>lynxcgi://localhost/path_to_CGI_script</em>
</pre>
-where <em>//localhost/</em> is optional and always implied.
+where <em>//localhost</em> is optional and always implied;
+the full path must be specified, as `~' is not recognised.
The output of the script should be text/html and is rendered and displayed
-by Lynx. (Note that restrictions on acceptable paths can be imposed
-by the system administrator.)
+by Lynx. Restrictions on acceptable paths can be imposed
+in <em>userdefs.h</em> and <em>lynx.cfg</em>.
<p>This is a Lynxism and should be used only in local documents intended
solely for Lynx, or for limited local testing of CGI scripts without an
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