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Re: [Lynx-dev] loading incorrect webpage
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Ian Collier |
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Re: [Lynx-dev] loading incorrect webpage |
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Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:23:19 +0000 |
On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:28:13PM +0000, jindam, vani via Lynx-dev wrote:
> i am using "hlynx" f.exec "xterm -geometry 110x45 -e lynx
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history
> &"
> on my .twmrc (twm window manager).
> when i click hlynx on twm menu:
> actual result:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak
>
> expected result:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jindam_vani/zandbak&action=history
This is a twm/shell issue, not a Lynx issue. I presume that twm is calling
a shell to execute the command, and the shell is interpreting the '&' in the
URL as a metacharacter. You need to look at how to quote the '&' properly
in the twm configuration (might be as simple as putting a \ before it).
imc