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Perhaps I've missed the point here. Couldn't you set VISUAL to your editor of choice?
by sevensor 9y ago
Perhaps I've missed the point here. Couldn't you set VISUAL to your editor of choice?
- throw_away 9y agoIt's for things like web forms or other GUI apps, for whom $VISUAL is not meaningful.
- bch 9y agoA different tact (for some cases) to the same end: use elinks[0] and in an active <textarea>, press shift-ctrl-T to pop up your favourite editor[1]. This works for gmail, for example. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvi
- jamesgeck0 9y agoI can't recommend that. Elinks doesn't verify SSL certs when connecting to HTTPS sites. It hasn't had a release in five years. It also has worse support for web standards than IE6.
- bch 9y agoHuh, TIL. I think I actually don’t care about any of that except for the cert verification, which is a Big Deal. Thx for the reply!
- shakna 9y agoLynx doesn't have as good standard support, but it is still semi-active (2017-07-10 (2.8.9dev.16)) over at InvisibleIsland[0], and can be compiled with OpenSSL support. (Windows installers require OpenSSL by default). [0] http://invisible-island.net/lynx/lynx-develop.html http://invisible-island.net/lynx/lynx-develop.html