Re: fetching files with javascript Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'If your lynx install has an associated

Sorry, this should be on list.



On Tue, 18 Aug 2026, Karen Lewellen wrote:

> I have a feeling something is being lost in translation.
> Given I am using a screen reader, and the command for cleaning a field takes 
> less then 2 seconds to type, we may not be discussing the same kinds of 
> editors.
> Can only share what works for  me, with my respecting that Lynx 
> configurations  and builds vary from person to person.
> Still, speaking personally,  my associated editor, pico at shellworld. nano 
> elsewhere make the clearing of a field magical.
> Actually i can do the same in links the chain and elinks, so the command may 
> be tied to something different.
>
> Kare
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> On Tue, 18 Aug 2026, rbell--- via Lynx-dev wrote:
>
>>  editor, then when on the file name line, execute its equal for cutting
>>  text.'
>>  	That takes time.  I want to turn
>>  20260816_wesun_politics_chat_democrats_take_lessons_from_the_primaries_set_2028_calendar.mp3?t=progseg&e=nx-s1-5878183&p=10&seg=0&d=287&size=4600938&sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer
>>  into
>>  20260816_wesun_politics_chat_democrats_take_lessons_from_the_primaries_set_2028_calendar.mp3
>>  	ctrl-u clears the field then I have to enter something.  I
>>  could mark
>>  20260816_wesun_politics_chat_democrats_take_lessons_from_the_primaries_set_2028_calendar.mp3
>>  with gpm then paste that in, but that's work.  I don't want to enter
>>  text of my choice, such as 'politicschat.mp3' because that doesn't
>>  correlate with the original file.
>>  	I listen to NPR shows by running a script that fetches every
>>  segment of the current episode.  That script truncates the file name
>>  before it downloads them.  I listen by running a different script that
>>  plays the files listed in the page of the current episode in order.  I
>>  do the same for 'Marketplace'.  Retaining the name makes it easier to
>>  correlate a segment with its page.
>>
>>  	Quoth Chime Hart: 'I think the scripting option would be in
>>  cleaning up a directory of files with those extra symbols.'
>>  	Yes.  If I didn't run a script to fetch all of the segments of
>>  a show I would just download the ones I want without editing the file
>>  names as I went.  Then I would run the script to fix them up.  I do
>>  this with my local paper, the 'Albuquerque Journal'.  Its URIs look
>>  like:
>>  https://www.abqjournal.com/news/nonprofit-fights-for-mental-health-services-for-first-responders/3097204
>>  - the last part is an opaque number, the previous a descriptive title.
>>  I download the files I want, run a script that picks out the
>>  descriptive title for the file name - and also appends .html so lynx
>>  renders them thusly.
>>  	BTW one of the great things about lynx is that it saves files
>>  as the last non-empty entry in the URI, even if a / ends it.  The
>>  other browsers I have used make up nonsense strings.  Why they all
>>  don't - I don't know.  Has lynx patented it?
>>
>>  	Quoth Chime Hart: 'Maybe s similar strategy could be imployed
>>  for items downloaded from youtube.'
>>   I do that.  I'll share my script if you like.
>>
>>  russell bell
>> 
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