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It's for things like web forms or other GUI apps, for whom $VISUAL is not meaningful.
by throw_away 9y ago
It'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