Re: lynx-dev EXTERNAL: https support? (was too long)

[Philip Webb]

980811 pg wrote: 
> 980811 Jacob Poon suggested: 
>> Shouldn't Lynx support https via externals (from  lynx.cfg ),
>> to produce cleaner code without breaking the law?
> 980811 Philip Webb responded:
>> it should be, since there would be nothing in Lynx itself to offend
>> & its ability to call up external programs presumably must be open-ended.
> mutt is distributed in both a US and an international version,
> while containing only hooks for external PGP support,
> which till would cause it to be considered a munition.
 
hooks are IN the Lynx source somewhere, but Jacob's bright idea is
that an external program doesn't need anything specific in Lynx source
& so wouldn't set US law-enforcement alarms off: he wouldn't have hooks.

this looks to me an idea well worth following up,
but i don't know enough about the source (yet, grin) to comment properly.
what do the experts think?

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