Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"

[Howard Kaikow]

The ability to spawn to an editor can be an option left to the system
administrator.


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>> I do not recall what editor gets spawned for mailto. I think that it is
>> pico, the same editor I use with mail and elm.
>> 
>> The people affected by this are those of us that, e.g., dial into a unix
>> shell account to access the internet. In my case, my ISP makes Lynx the
>> only browser available to such accounts.
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>My point was that some users of Lynx don't allow ANY local file access
>and certainly no shell access (they would either block mailto, or only
>allow the internal editor).  I forget the buzz word, but there is a
>class of use where you give access through a public terminal, but only
>very limited access.
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