020101 Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 05:54:56AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> further to my earlier message today, >> i've tested a few possibilities, with an interesting result: >> if i start Lynx with the cartoon as startfile (in a local directory), >> if refuses with the following messages: >> >> sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `&)' >> sh: -c: line 1: `kview /tmp/Q8dVsn/L2125-398TMP.gif &)' > which lynx version, and what url?
same version as before, 2-8-4dev.19 ; the URL is a local file: `lynx test1.gif'. the point of this message was the peculiar set of lines issued by Lynx. > I haven't encountered any problems with viewing images for some time. so it's not something which might have been cured by 2-8-5dev.5 . and re your reply to my (1): yes, that's the cartoon in question (it's actually worth adding to my collection apart from the problem (smile)). >> kview /tmp/Q8dVsn/L2125-398TMP.gif &) >> >> lynx: Start file could not be found or is not text/html or text/plain >> Exiting... >> it will be noticed that the first 2 lines are the same >> as those in my earlier message, when Lynx crashed in flight. >> here for some reason, it tries to start kview , >> THEN decides the startfile isn't of the correct type, which is odd. >> >> i also tried a simple file with a link to a mutilated jpg/gif file >> to test the possibility of defective downloads confusing Lynx: >> Lynx refused to follow the link with various sensible explanations, >> depending on the nature of the mutilation. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
