Re: changing lynx default homepage from the comand line?

I cannot edit my lynx.cfg file, which is why I seek a command line method.
I am going to try the www_home method, I must not have followed as I got 
locked into a >
window with no change.



On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Larry Hynes wrote:

> Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am seeking a command line method  to override the site  listed as the
>> homepage for lynx regularly,  i. e. the page that appears if i just entre
>> lynx.
>> The idea is  to change this  default homepage, not just simply visit a new
>> site  once.
>> does that make more sense?
>
> If you can set the WWW_HOME environment variable, lynx will use that as
> the startfile.
>
> If you can edit your lynx.cfg file, you can specify the startfile in
> that, as in:
>
> STARTFILE:http://thesitethatyouwant.com
>
> I suppose a command line method would be something like entering
>
> WWW_HOME='http://thesitethatyouwant.com'; lynx
>
> on the command line or exporting the WWW_HOME environment variable from
> your .profile or .bash_profile i.e. ensuring that the line
>
> export WWW_HOME='http://thesitethatyouwant.com'
>
> is in your .profile (or wherever bash looks for environment variables),
> in which case when you launch lynx it will go to that site
>
> There is also an option to launch lynx with the '-book' switch which
> will use the bookmark page (if set) as the startfile. (See 'man lynx'
> for details.)
>
>

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