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

[Karen Lewellen]

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<
> > >
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