lynx-dev More system()'d commands don't work (was: SYSTEM_EDITOR arguments)

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 address@hidden wrote:

> > Somewhere between lynx 2-8-2dev.9 and lynx 2-8-2dev.13, support for 
> > arguments to the SYSTEM_EDITOR in lynx.cfg seems to have been taken out. 
> > Previously, I could have: 
> 
> my error (the space's being quoted).  will revisit & fix.
>   
> > SYSTEM_EDITOR:/usr/local/bin/pico -t 
> >  
> > or 
> >  
> > SYSTEM_EDITOR:/usr/local/bin/pico -s /usr/local/bin/ispell -t 

Here's another case of what I assume is HTAddParam failure:

My lynx.cfg contains, among others,

DOWNLOADER:Specify your own bash command:echo -n "Enter a shell command\: "; 
read word; bash -c "$word %s":FALSE

That used to work, and I see no justifiable reason why it should stop to
work.

After downloading a file, and selecting the corresponding download option,
nothing happens (except for a stop_curses/start_curses screen refresh);
The tracelog shows:


getfile: getting 
LYNXDOWNLOAD://Method=6/File=/tmp/L9634-6TMP.html/SugFile=util-linux_2.9g-3.diff.gz
HTParse: 
aName:LYNXDOWNLOAD://Method=6/File=/tmp/L9634-6TMP.html/SugFile=util-linux_2.9g-3.diff.gz
  relatedName:
HTParse: result:Method=6
PARAM-ADD:echo -n "Enter a shell command: "; read word; bash -c "$word 
/tmp/L9634-6TMP.html
PARAM-END:echo -n "Enter a shell command: "; read word; bash -c "$word 
/tmp/L9634-6TMP.html
command: echo -n "Enter a shell command: "; read word; bash -c "$word 
/tmp/L9634-6TMP.html


(All relevant code should be from 2.8.2dev.13, although my current version
is a bit mixed up, I haven't verified this with a clean dev.13 or dev.14).

   Klaus