Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx jump files

[Jude DaShiell]

I found the alphabetic requirement in jumpsUnix.html.


Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)

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On Sat, 10 Sep 2022, Find Marbles wrote:

> Yes, lynx is amazing but the documentation is a little bit lacking. On one
> occasion I had to look through the source code to get some answers.
>
> Anyway as far as the jumps.html is concerned put the links in alphabetical
> order or they won't work. So d before g and g before m and so on. This
> important information was also somewhere hidden.
>
> Am Sa., 10. Sept. 2022 um 10:47 Uhr schrieb Jude DaShiell <
> jdashiel@panix.com>:
>
> > First thanks for this information.  I read the jumpsUnix.html file in
> > samples and this was missing from that file.  I probably ought to have
> > read the other jumps files in samples and maybe would have come up with
> > this information.
> >
> >
> > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> > defense of liberty:
> >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> >
> > .
> >
> > On Sat, 10 Sep 2022, Find Marbles wrote:
> >
> > > The lynx jumpfile is called jumps.html and after creating it put it in
> > the
> > > same directory as your user lynx.cfg, so somewhere in your home
> > directory.
> > > If I remember correctly you might need to change some options in your
> > user
> > > lynx.cfg as well to allow access to the jumpfile. Although that might be
> > > only for allowing scripts, as I have one in the example further down
> > > (lynx-surfraw.sh)
> > >
> > > An example of a lynx.html could be:
> > >
> > > <dt>?<dd><a href="file://localhost/home/findmarbles/lynx/jumps.html">This
> > > Shortcut List</a>
> > > <dt>d<dd><a href="https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite?kd=-1&kp=-1&q=%s
> > ">DuckDuckgo
> > > Search</a>
> > > <dt>g<dd><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%s";>Google Search</a>
> > > <dt>m<dd><a href="https://manned.org/browse/search?q=%s";>Man Pages</a>
> > > <dt>s<dd><a
> > > href="lynxexec:/home/findmarbles/myscripts/lynx-surfraw.sh">Surfraw
> > > Search</a>
> > > <dt>w<dd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%s
> > ">Wikipedia
> > > Search</a>
> > >
> > > Next time you use lynx you could easily just press j and d for a
> > duckduckgo
> > > search or j and g for a google search and so on.
> > >
> > > Am Fr., 9. Sept. 2022 um 13:19 Uhr schrieb Jude DaShiell <
> > jdashiel@panix.com
> > > >:
> > >
> > > > What file name is a lynx jump file to have so lynx reads that as being
> > a
> > > > jump file and where does lynx find jump files successfully?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> > > > defense of liberty:
> > > >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> > > >
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>