Re: [Lynx-dev] Few suggestions to improve the UI.

[Tim Chase]

On 2016-11-23 00:33, Ashutosh Sharma wrote:
>> $ nslookup duckduckgo.com
>> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> I can't understand what's wrong. My connection has proxy
> connection, is that causing this problem? Also I tried changing the
> DNS addr
> 
> nslookup duckduckgo.com
> > Server:        127.0.1.1
> > Address:    127.0.1.1#53
> >
> > ** server can't find duckduckgo.com: SERVFAIL

Ah-ha!  Yes, I imagine your proxy is interfering.  You've not
mentioned your platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, DOS, whatever) so
the specifics may be a little fuzzy.  However, you can change your
~/.lynx.cfg file to include lines something like

  http_proxy:http://proxy.example.com:8080
  https_proxy:https://proxy.example.com:8080

to let Lynx know which proxy to use.  I think you can also set them
in your environment if you prefer:

  export http_proxy=http://proxy.example.com:8080
  lynx url.example.com

If you need to include the username/password for the proxy server,
you can:

  http_proxy:http://username:address@hidden:8080
  https_proxy:https://username:address@hidden:8080

-tim