Re: lynx-dev Re: MAILTO internal page proposal - form with

[Klaus Weide]

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Eric wrote:

>  Perhaps a lot of Lynx screen manipulation functions could be
> put into a library and statically/dynamically linked in Lynx to provide for
> Lynx's own proper operation, but also linkable by other programs to provide
> a more "Lynx-friendly" extension?  

I don't see an easy way for this.  (and don't know whether it makes sense)

> like a Lynx-friendly mailer, news reader,
> etc...  maybe with a standardized inter-process-communication system (doesn't
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> have to be complex, just some way for Lynx to send the called program some
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> data upon exec, and for the called program to return some data upon exit...)
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Sounds just like lynxcgi !!

    Klaus