Re: [Lynx-dev] changing lynx default homepage from the comand line?

[Karen Lewellen]

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<
>
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