Re: LYNX-DEV lynx.cfg VIEWER entry which crashes lynx

[Klaus Weide]

On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Nelson Henry Eric wrote:

[kw:] 
> > VIEWER:text/x-compressed:/home/.most/most %s
> >  
> > should do, since the file that your VIEWER gets to see will have
> 
> Doesn't work with either the -anonymous or -validate command-line
> switches.  Piping is the only way I could figure out how to do it
> in a captive lynx.  I'm still open for suggestions on how to handle
> this problem.  I'd prefer not to use a d)ownload option, since that's
> not friendly to the new user.

I couldn't find any place in the source where Lynx would look at the 
string that is defined as viewer command, and make a decision whether 
to allow it or not based on whether it is a unix pipe (with a '|') or
not.  

You wrote that  'gunzip | /home/.most/most'; but I assume that you omitted
a %s somewhere in there?

I still think the line I gave (quoted above) should work _IF_ the account
under which Lynx is running has adequate system permissions to execute
/home/.most/most _AND_ to create and access temporary files in (probably)
/tmp/.

> > Some warning text in lynx.cfg might be in order..
> 
> Yes, I'd do it myself, but with my knowledge of unix, I'd certainly
> get it wrong.  One of these days I'll write up my experiences for
> Joe 'n' Scott's FAQ.  __Henry

How about "Don't use more than {one,two} occurrences of %s in the 
{VIEWER,DOWNLOADER,...} command", maybe decorated with some exclamation 
marks?  

  Klaus

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