Re: [Lynx-dev] Minor XLOADIMAGE quirk

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Paul B. Mahol wrote:

> On 7/18/08, Patrick <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi.  :-)
> >
> > Lynx 2.8.7dev.9 seems to have forgotten what to do with the
> > trailing `&' on external commands, and the `>' for redirecting
> > their output, at least where XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND is concerned.
> > Otherwise it's pretty much awesome, as usual.
> >
> > Here's the relevant line from my lynx.cfg;
> >
> > XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND:xli %s > /dev/null &
> >
> > Redirected, by the way, so it won't spew this kind of noise
> > across Lynx's terminal;
> >
> > address@hidden:~$ xli Screenshot.png
> > Screenshot.png is a 800x600 8 bit deep RGB PNG image
> >   Default gamma for ITRUE image is  1.00
> >   Building XImage...done
> >   Have adjusted image from 1.00 to display gamma of 2.20
> > Image Gamma now 2.200000
> > Screenshot.png is a 800x600 8 bit deep RGB PNG image
> >   Building XImage...done
>
> I can't reproduce it.

It might be related to (e.g., buffer flushing, etc):

2001-04-01 (2.8.4dev.20)
* implement a simple workaround for staircased messages from running xli as an
  external viewer, with lynx_nl2crlf() function -TD

> > I haven't tried VIEWER, but this doesn't seem to affect other
> > external programs, like URL handlers and downloaders and such.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Patrick.
> >
> > --
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> >                 -- Professor in the UCB physics department
> >
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