using pine to run links to view url's

using pine to run links to view url's

[Mark Cooke]

Hi,

I know this may be off topic, but I've selected links as my web brower in
pine (using the full path - /usr/bin/links), but when I go to view a url
from pine, it just returns that it has viewed it, but it doesn't run
links.

If I then quit pine, there is an error on the console saying it cannot
find the path, here's the weird bit, If I run the exact path that It
says's it cannot run, links works fine with the selected url.

I know the setup it correct for pine, as I use pine and links at home on
my system (custom built linux box) and it works fine, which is one of the
reason why I posted, Is there something else that I have missed or have to
get it to do that is specific to cygwin?

Thanks in advance

Mark

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Re: using pine to run links to view url's

[Eduardo Chappa]

*** Mark Cooke (mark@mmebs.co.uk) wrote today:

:) I know this may be off topic, but I've selected links as my web brower
:) in pine (using the full path - /usr/bin/links), but when I go to view a
:) url from pine, it just returns that it has viewed it, but it doesn't
:) run links.

Mark,

  Could you please post the way that you set links as your browser. I will
find a solution for you. Also, have you read
/usr/doc/Cygwin/pine-4.11-1.README? The solution may be in there. I am
working on expanding that document. Please let us know what you find.

  Thanks

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Re: using pine to run links to view url's

[Mark Cooke]

On 1 May 2002, Eduardo Chappa spoke unto us wif:

> *** Mark Cooke (mark@mmebs.co.uk) wrote today:
>
> :) I know this may be off topic, but I've selected links as my web brower
> :) in pine (using the full path - /usr/bin/links), but when I go to view a
> :) url from pine, it just returns that it has viewed it, but it doesn't
> :) run links.
>
> Mark,
>
>   Could you please post the way that you set links as your browser. I will
> find a solution for you. Also, have you read
> /usr/doc/Cygwin/pine-4.11-1.README? The solution may be in there. I am
> working on expanding that document. Please let us know what you find.

Sorry to sound thick, but In what way do you mean setup links as my
browser?

If you mean in pine, in the  Setup | Config, under the following:
URL Viewer: /usr/bin/links

I've also tried links,links.exe and links %s.

But it tries to execute it, but then goes straight back to my mail, then
as I mentioned, after quiting pine, I get the cannot find path

Mark

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Re: using pine to run links to view url's

[Eduardo Chappa]

*** Mark Cooke (mark@mmebs.co.uk) wrote today:

:) >   Could you please post the way that you set links as your browser. I
:) > will find a solution for you. Also, have you read
:) > /usr/doc/Cygwin/pine-4.11-1.README? The solution may be in there. I
:) > am working on expanding that document. Please let us know what you
:) > find.
:)
:) Sorry to sound thick, but In what way do you mean setup links as my
:) browser?
:)
:) If you mean in pine, in the  Setup | Config, under the following:
:) URL Viewer: /usr/bin/links

try "/usr/bin/links _URL_", including the quotes. Does that work? Are you
using bash as your shell?

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Re: using pine to run links to view url's

[Eduardo Chappa]

*** On Thu, 2 May 2002 I wrote:

:) try "/usr/bin/links _URL_", including the quotes. Does that work? Are you
:) using bash as your shell?

Just for the record in the archives, the additional symptom is that the
original poster is using the bash shell and the problem is that the bash
shell does not export the SHELL variable. When the user exported the above
said variable, by adding "export SHELL" to his "~/.bash_profiles" file,
the problem went away.

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