Re: [Lynx-dev] File download managers in Lynx

[Larry Hynes]

Jude DaShiell <address@hidden> wrote:
> Is external menu in lynx.cfg too?

Yes.

Some examples:

# http
EXTERNAL_MENU:http:Download YouTube video:youtube-dl -q --no-warnings %s &:TRUE
EXTERNAL_MENU:http:Download YouTube audio:youtube-dl -x -q --no-warnings %s 
&:TRUE
EXTERNAL_MENU:http:Open in graphical browser:open %s &:TRUE

# ftp
EXTERNAL_MENU:ftp:Download with curl:curl -O -L -s -f %s &:TRUE
EXTERNAL_MENU:ftp:Copy ftp url:printf %s | pbcopy :TRUE

# git
EXTERNAL_MENU:git:Clone repo:git clone --quiet %s &:TRUE
EXTERNAL_MENU:git:Copy repo url:printf %s | pbcopy :TRUE

# mailto
EXTERNAL_MENU:mailto:Compose message:mcom %s:TRUE
EXTERNAL_MENU:mailto:Copy mailto link:printf %s | pbcopy:TRUE

(I have found it more convenient to have at least two options for
each protocol, otherwise lynx will just default to using a single
one, if defined, and you might not always want that.)

It's all quite well documented in lynx.cfg.

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2018, Larry Hynes wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:29:16
> > From: Larry Hynes <address@hidden>
> > To: dan d. <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] File download managers in Lynx
> > 
> > "dan d." <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> I would like to ask consideration be given to making the file download
> >> agent a configuration item in the same way an alternative editor can
> >> be used.
> >>
> >> One could use for exampl curl or wget with their particular options,
> >> or in my intrest an agent which speeds download time by spliting the
> >> file at its origin by multiple parallel requests and then reassembling
> >> it locally.
> >>
> >> I use a mac and examples of the latter are axel or aria2 which have
> >> many options as well as to how the download is done.
> >
> > Have you looked at the DOWNLOADER option in lynx.cfg? Something
> > like the following might work for you:
> >
> >     DOWNLOADER:curl:curl -O -L -f -s %s %s &:TRUE
> >
> > You can also explore something like:
> >
> >     EXTERNAL_MENU:http:curl download:curl -O -L -s -f %s &:TRUE
> >
> > You can specify aria2c as well, or in addition to, if you please.
> >
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