Re: [Lynx-dev] about user agent headers

[dan d.]

The shell system lynx.cfg ignores and is not affected by a local one you use in 
any way.  I have a second shell acount at a local university
and I have a lynx.cfg in my home directory without any problems.  It is a 
duplicate of the one on my home system so I don't have to remember
two lynx setups.

On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, Karen Lewellen wrote:

> Travis,
> it  may be so that I could do this, but I have no desire to do this.
> I pay two companies good money to maintain the stability of my services.
> the last thing I wish to do is risk damaging that functionality by
> tampering with the foundational file of the browser I use countless times
> a day.
> That is me, I respect those who are programmers at heart, but I am not one
> of them.
> Besides, Rudy illustrated that I will not gain my single goal by taking
> these steps.
> Certainly, I might pay a programmer good money to build a current Lynx for
> DOS  package, allowing me to run Lynx from my desktop, and giving me a
> personal
>   lynx.cft that way.
> Otherwise, I prefer leaving things as  they are here.
>
>    Kare
>
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, Travis Siegel wrote:
>
> > You can easily create your own lynx.cfg file, put it in your home directory,
> > then start lynx with a -cfg=<filename> command line parameter, and poof, you
> > have full control over your lynx configuration, no need to depend on the
> > system wide one at all.
> >
> >
> > On 11/14/2021 2:29 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >>  Russell,
> >>  Because my access to lynx is tied to a service, I do not edit their
> >>  lynx.cfg files.
> >>  In fact, I do not even know where they are kept.
> >>  Karen
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, russellbell@gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >  ????????Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'the shellworld setup for lynx, there is
> >> >  an associated editor.?? One that allows me, at least if the command
> >> >  "use control x e for editor" is spoken by lynx when I am on a field.
> >> >  If it is a single line, I cannot employ my editor.?? Meaning I cannot
> >> >  use control r and bring a file into the edit line.?? I would have to
> >> >  type it manually.'
> >> >  ????????You can edit $HOME/.lynxrc directly
> >> >
> >> >  ????????useragent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.9.2)
> >> >  Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 l_y_n_x
> >> >
> >> >  is mine.
> >> >
> >> >  russell bell
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

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