On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 12:10:41AM -0400, Chuck Martin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 01:46:57PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > > I can do something similar to this already, using a shell script as a viewer > > > when pressing '.' or ',' to view a page. My shell script allows me > > > to load the specified URL in another screen window, another xterm, > > > or either another browser. Unfortunately, that has to be done > > > every time I load a new page if I want the benefit I'm talking about, > > > because I don't know ahead of time which pages I'll want to hold onto > > > while I go back to another page, and that isn't practical. > > > I also don't have the benefit of the current history > > > or list of visited links in that other browser or window. > > > > that sounds a bit complex & more limited than tabs. > > On the contrary, it's actually very simple, and from your description, > I think it's actually more versatile than tabs. I merely press '.' on > a link, or ',' to use the URL of the page I'm currently viewing, and I > get a menu like this:
I suppose so... but I use '.' or ',' to get a popup menu inside lynx. (Repeating EXTERNAL's in lynx.cfg makes it do that). The tradeoff is that with your script, you can fit a lot more viewer names into an area, at the cost of having to enter a number. -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
