Hi Karen,
The standard default is not to save the user agent string to the .lynxrc file.
And even if you change the user agent during one session, it wouldn't overwrite
your current .lynxrc file unless you save the changes.
The flip side of this is that you have to enter a new user agent string each
time you run lynx.
That's the main reason I use my own lynx script.
On the other hand, you can use an alias:
alias lynx="lynx -useragent=\"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; XH;
rv:8.578.498) fr, Gecko/20121021 Camino/8.723+ (Firefox compatible Lynx)\" "
and lynx will use that user agent string for the life of the shell session.
When you are done, then
unalias lynx
will return everything back to normal.
Caveat. All my examples are for the ksh shell. I know most people use bash, but
I'm not familiar with it.
Rudy
On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 07:49:15PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Rudy,
All of my access to lynx is tied to shell services. Shellworld mainly,
and the shell provided by dreamhost.
There is a choice in the options menu, below the send user agent check box
that is a field which I would have to remove and edit.
I do not run scripts for anything, and try not to make major changes to
config files for the services I use.
its been several years since anyone has built lynx for DOS which remains
my desktop operating system.
I do have a copy of Links the chain for dos which is a mix, mostly because
it does not read things as fluidly.
So for those not using a script, as Rudy does, would my testing the user
agent be a firm change if not written to disc?
I have no access to the lynx.cfg files on my dreamhost shell, the place
where I would be doing this test.
Thanks,
Karen
On Sat, 13 Nov 2021, Rudy Vener wrote:
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Hi Karen,
By default, lynx doesn't save the User Agent string in .lynxrc. This
could be changed in lynx.cfg, but I just call lynx from
a script in ~/bin/lynx like this:
/usr/local/bin/lynx-2.9.0-dev9 -useragent="Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X
Mach-O; XH; rv:8.578.498) fr, Gecko/20121021 Camino/8.723+ (Firefox compatible
Lynx)" $*
Rudy
From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
Hi Rudy, everyone.
Is the user agent header field saved when changed, if one chooses the
write options to disc selection?
I want to test Rudy's user agent on my office shell, and as that does
not seem to be a cut / paste box, wanted to ask before I try and work on
this.
Thanks,
Karen
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