lynx tip [was Re: webhttrack. start please]

2007-05-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:33:24AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > not to mention, lynx can be great for pulling a dump of a website for > parsing by some other program to pick out the right data and plug it Tip: try the "=" key in lynx when visiting a website. -- Chris. == -- To UN

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-30 Thread Michael M.
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 14:28 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Michael M. wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > >> Amy Templeton wrote: > >>> somethin2cool wrote: > Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect > it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command > >>

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2007-04-29 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:28:06PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > > > that is a good idea. however, i have another thread about making a > symlink, but all the responses involve real 1980s command solutions. > which, while fully capable of doing, i refuse to. when my friends see > this, they w

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2007-04-29 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 somethin2cool wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose > link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, e

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2007-04-29 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:00:38PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > I know. symlinks are way better. in windows they're called... um.. well > something else and are a real pain to create. Before anyone says I'm > wrong and windows cannot do symlinks... I am not. I know alot about that > OS, and

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2007-04-29 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:03:33PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > and that is exaclty why the interface is underdeveloped. because you > take any criticism to heart and chose to ignore / forget it, rather than > do something about it. > > The fact is that I will fix all these things myself as

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2007-04-29 Thread somethin2cool
Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. Actua

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread somethin2cool
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. Actually, the windows "shortcut" is *not* a symlink. It is something

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2007-04-29 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose >> link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. >> > Actually, the

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > > > Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose > link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. > Actually, the windows "shortcut" is *not* a symlink. It is something completely differe

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:28:06PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > that is a good idea. however, i have another thread about making a > symlink, but all the responses involve real 1980s command solutions. > which, while fully capable of doing, i refuse to. when my friends see > this, they will lau

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 05:57:22AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > Amy Templeton wrote: > > > somethin2cool wrote: > > >> Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect > > >> it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command > > >> lynx. > > > > >

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 somethin2cool wrote: [snip] >> >> >> Can't you just alias the command as above, so that when you execute >> 'lynx' it launches 'xterm -e lynx'? >> >> Do you have more than one terminal app installed? How would it know >> which terminal you want to use

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread somethin2cool
Michael M. wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: Amy Templeton wrote: somethin2cool wrote: Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command lynx. xterm -e lynx Amy Well, can't it just know that Lynx is installed and run it

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-29 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Amy Templeton wrote: > > somethin2cool wrote: > >> Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect > >> it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command > >> lynx. > > > > xterm -e lynx > > > > Amy > > > > > > Well, can't it just know that L

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2007-04-28 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:02:42PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 06:13:26PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > >>Well, can't it just know that Lynx is installed and run it in a > >>terminal? It can't run anywhere else, so one would think this would b

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2007-04-28 Thread somethin2cool
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 06:13:26PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: Well, can't it just know that Lynx is installed and run it in a terminal? It can't run anywhere else, so one would think this would be the default action. And it should be possible How do you propose tha

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2007-04-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 05:51:06PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > >>similarly, if i type a command like "lynx" into my panel aplet, nothing > >>happens. I have to type it into terminal. so what is the point of the > >>aplet (xfce, default aplet). > >> > > > > >Lynx

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 06:13:26PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > Well, can't it just know that Lynx is installed and run it in a > terminal? It can't run anywhere else, so one would think this would be > the default action. And it should be possible > How do you propose that it know, in advan

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-28 Thread somethin2cool
Amy Templeton wrote: somethin2cool wrote: Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command lynx. xterm -e lynx Amy Well, can't it just know that Lynx is installed and run it in a terminal? It can't run anywhere else, so one would think this woul

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-28 Thread Amy Templeton
somethin2cool wrote: > Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect > it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command > lynx. xterm -e lynx Amy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: webhttrack. start please

2007-04-28 Thread somethin2cool
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: similarly, if i type a command like "lynx" into my panel aplet, nothing happens. I have to type it into terminal. so what is the point of the aplet (xfce, default aplet). Lynx is a text interface. Why would you _not_ need a terminal for it? Doug. Well, If

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2007-04-28 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 01:03:10PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > not the only case, but a good example. I installed the program. it has > menu shortcuts. they don't do anything. This happens a lot. Why oh why? > > similarly, if i type a command like "lynx" into my panel aplet, nothing > happens.

webhttrack. start please

2007-04-28 Thread somethin2cool
not the only case, but a good example. I installed the program. it has menu shortcuts. they don't do anything. This happens a lot. Why oh why? similarly, if i type a command like "lynx" into my panel aplet, nothing happens. I have to type it into terminal. so what is the point of the aplet (xf