Lynx has never saved a customized user agent. The fastest workaround is to script it or alias it if you are using linux.o e.g. in a script $HOME/bin/google
lynx -useragent="user-agent-string-goes-here" https://www.google.com or in your .profile alias lynx="lynx -useragent='user-agent-string-goes-here'" -- Rudy Vener An audio release of Beast Hunt Vol 1, containing my short story Dragon Wing, is loose in the wild: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPN1QGGJ Ludicrous Limerick - News Of Trump's Death Were Greatly Exaggerated. https://limerickdude.substack.com/p/news-of-trumps-death-were-greatly Website: http://www.rudyvener.com On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 06:33:02AM +0042, yeti wrote: > Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > if you add these options to an existing user agent, is the entire > > header worked through one at a time? > > I _replaced_ the UA string in Lynx's options page by the one Chawan > uses. > > It seems that this change cannot be saved (at least in the version I > used), so better let's wait for comments of other (newer version) Lynx > users. The fallback to rebuild Lynx with patched sources probably is > not the solution for everyone. > > -- > 3. Hitchhiker 11: (65) On the way back they sang a number of tuneful and > reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, morality, culture, > sport, family life and the obliteration of all other life forms. >
