Re: changing lynx default homepage from the comand line?
Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.lynx.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
My goal is to use ca.yahoo.com/news as my startfile. As I have several hundred bookmarks, how does using the bookmark page produce the result I desire? On Sun, 17 Nov 2019, dan d. wrote: > > I just rememberd another way using command line only to have an alternative start page. Fromm the lynx hlp page: > > -book use the bookmark page as the startfile (off) > > Here from the info lynx file additional info: > > -book use the bookmark page as the startfile. The default or command > line startfile is still set for the Main screen command, and > will be used if the bookmark page is unavailable or blank. > On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> folks, >> i. do. not. want. to. make. this. change. in lynx.cfg...at all! >> How hard is that to understand? >> I asked for *command line* not all the ways I might screw up another >> person's setup. >> >> >> >> On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Bela Lubkin wrote: >> >>> Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> >>>> since this is not my system, >>>> I have no idea where the lynx.cfg file is. >>> >>> While in Lynx, hit 'o' for options. Near the very bottom is a line, >>> >>> View the file lynx.cfg. >>> >>> Following the 'lynx.cfg' link, you see a rendition of the active >>> portions of your lynx.cfg. Near the top of that is a comment: >>> >>> #Your primary configuration /path/to/system/lynx.cfg >>> >>> ==== >>> >>> We can reduce that somewhat. 'LYNXCFG:/' is the URL used in that >>> 'lynx.cfg' link; we can dump that from the shell: >>> >>> $ lynx -dump LYNXCFG:/ | grep primary.config >>> #Your primary configuration [4]/path/to/system/lynx.cfg >>> >>> One way to make use of this: >>> >>> $ cd $HOME >>> $ echo 'INCLUDE:/path/to/system/lynx.cfg' > .lynx_cfg >>> $ echo 'STARTFILE:https://www.xyz.abc' >> .lynx_cfg >>> $ lynx -cfg $HOME/.lynx_cfg ### opens www.xyz.abc >>> >>> This uses lynx.cfg's INCLUDE command to include the system lynx.cfg by >>> reference. That way it will keep up with any changes the system >>> administrator might make (as long as they don't replace the lynx binary >>> with one compiled to look in a different location). Setting STARTFILE >>> *after* the INCLUDE ensures that your setting overrides the system's. >>> >>> Now all you need is one of the various alias techniques mentioned by >>> others... >>> >>>> Bela< >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Lynx-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lynx-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev >> > > -- > XB > > _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev