AddParam/EndParam seems to get carried away with quoting when
fed, via EXTERNAL, a URL containing a "?".
I have this line in lynx.cfg:
EXTERNAL:http:${HOME}/bin/lynx -nopause -blink -cfg=~/lib/lynx.cfg %s:TRUE
When I hit "." on this URL:
http://www.feedmag.com/feature/cx306_master.html?alert
the resulting trace is:
Lynx Trace Log (2.8.3dev.22)
User message: Trace ON!
PARAM-ADD:${HOME}/bin/lynx -nopause -blink -cfg=~/lib/lynx.cfg
''"'"'http://www.feedmag.com/feature/cx306_master.html?alert'"'"''
PARAM-END:${HOME}/bin/lynx -nopause -blink -cfg=~/lib/lynx.cfg
''"'"'http://www.feedmag.com/feature/cx306_master.html?alert'"'"''
User message: ${HOME}/bin/lynx -nopause -blink -cfg=~/lib/lynx.cfg
''"'"'http://www.feedmag.com/feature/cx306_master.html?alert'"'"''
stop_curses: done.
LYSystem(${HOME}/bin/lynx -nopause -blink -cfg=~/lib/lynx.cfg
''"'"'http://www.feedmag.com/feature/cx306_master.html?alert'"'"'')
start_curses: done.
GridText: HText_pageDisplay at line 1 started
GridText: HText_pageDisplay finished
, the spawned lynx exits immediately, and I'm back where I
started. URLs without "special characters" work as expected. I
haven't tried it yet with any other characters (=, &, etc.).
In case anybody's curious, the reason for the EXTERNAL is:
LYNX_CFG in my environment points to lxrules.cfg, which contains
some lines like:
RULE:Redirect http://www.feedmag.com/feature/*_master.html?alert
http://www.feedmag.com/feature/*lofi.html
to go directly to the relatively uncluttered, "printer-friendly"
versions of articles on frequently visited sites. lxrules.cfg also
INCLUDE's the regular lynx.cfg for all the other settings. When
I want to see the non-redirected page, "." starts a lynx in a
subshell, and the -cfg=... overrides LYNX-CFG and bypasses the
RULE's, until I quit that lynx and exit the subshell, ending up
back where I started. It sounds laborious, but I think it works
pretty slick in practice. If anybody can suggest a more direct
method, I'm interested.
--
Michael Warner
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