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

[Tim Chase]

On 2019-11-17 16:37, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Big picture goal for whom?

You wanted to set your default start-page to a particular URL without
needing to enter it every time:

On 2019-11-15 17:52, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> The idea is to change this default homepage, not just simply visit
> a new site once.
On 2019-11-15 19:45, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> the goal is a permanent change to the default one.

This thread gave you multiple ways to do this:

- manually start lynx with the desired homepage URL on the
  command-line, possibly simplified with an alias/function

- create a lynx.cfg file and use "lynx -cfg=$HOME/.lynx.cfg" possibly
  simplified with an alias/function (which is what I detailed and has
  the longest-term flexibility and extensibility)

- exporting the WWW_HOME either each time your shell starts up or in
  your shell start-up file


On 2019-11-17 16:37, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> I am asking the admin here to make the change for me, end of story.

You were also clear (and rudely condescending to those trying to help)
about not wanting to modify the system lynx.cfg:

On 2019-11-16 22:53, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>   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.

However asking the system admin to modify the system-wide lynx.cfg
file *will* impact all other Shellworld users.  Using any of the
methods recommended in this thread are exactly the way to prevent
this.

-tim