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I like to be able to do export BROWSER="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg". I tried this directly, and I also tried setting an alias alias lynx="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg", but these didn't work. (Meaning that tools that use this variable to launch a browser still ignored my config file or didn't launch the browser at all.)






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  • Does it work if you rename your configuration file into ~/.lynxrc and don't use an option?
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  • @Kusalananda No, it doesn't work. It seems to be using another default config file.
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  • How/where did you set the alias?; How did you try to use it?
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I like to be able to do export BROWSER="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg". I tried this directly, and I also tried setting an alias alias lynx="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg", but these didn't work. (Meaning that tools that use this variable to launch a browser still ignored my config file or didn't launch the browser at all.)






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  • Does it work if you rename your configuration file into ~/.lynxrc and don't use an option?
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  • @Kusalananda No, it doesn't work. It seems to be using another default config file.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 9:00










  • How/where did you set the alias?; How did you try to use it?
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I like to be able to do export BROWSER="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg". I tried this directly, and I also tried setting an alias alias lynx="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg", but these didn't work. (Meaning that tools that use this variable to launch a browser still ignored my config file or didn't launch the browser at all.)






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I like to be able to do export BROWSER="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg". I tried this directly, and I also tried setting an alias alias lynx="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg", but these didn't work. (Meaning that tools that use this variable to launch a browser still ignored my config file or didn't launch the browser at all.)






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  • Does it work if you rename your configuration file into ~/.lynxrc and don't use an option?
    – Kusalananda
    Nov 23 at 6:48










  • @Kusalananda No, it doesn't work. It seems to be using another default config file.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 9:00










  • How/where did you set the alias?; How did you try to use it?
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Nov 23 at 10:04


















  • Does it work if you rename your configuration file into ~/.lynxrc and don't use an option?
    – Kusalananda
    Nov 23 at 6:48










  • @Kusalananda No, it doesn't work. It seems to be using another default config file.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 9:00










  • How/where did you set the alias?; How did you try to use it?
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Nov 23 at 10:04
















Does it work if you rename your configuration file into ~/.lynxrc and don't use an option?
– Kusalananda
Nov 23 at 6:48




Does it work if you rename your configuration file into ~/.lynxrc and don't use an option?
– Kusalananda
Nov 23 at 6:48












@Kusalananda No, it doesn't work. It seems to be using another default config file.
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 9:00




@Kusalananda No, it doesn't work. It seems to be using another default config file.
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 9:00












How/where did you set the alias?; How did you try to use it?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 23 at 10:04




How/where did you set the alias?; How did you try to use it?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 23 at 10:04










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I don't think you can however you could try:



Must use absolute path.



export BROWSER='/home/username/lynx.sh'


Create new file lynx.sh in home dir.



#!/bin/bash

linx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg


Make it exicutable.



Then:



Launching Browser should launch lynx.

or

./lynx.sh


And/Or:



Type:



whereis lynx


Use in next step.



Edit bash_aliases:



Must use absolute path to: lynx.cfg

Must use absolute path to: lynx, if not in /usr/bin/



alias=lynx='/path/to/lynx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg'


Must use ' ' if path contains special charactors.






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  • I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 7:06










  • Forgot must use absolute path..
    – Michael Prokopec
    Nov 23 at 7:16










  • The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:48










  • The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:58











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I don't think you can however you could try:



Must use absolute path.



export BROWSER='/home/username/lynx.sh'


Create new file lynx.sh in home dir.



#!/bin/bash

linx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg


Make it exicutable.



Then:



Launching Browser should launch lynx.

or

./lynx.sh


And/Or:



Type:



whereis lynx


Use in next step.



Edit bash_aliases:



Must use absolute path to: lynx.cfg

Must use absolute path to: lynx, if not in /usr/bin/



alias=lynx='/path/to/lynx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg'


Must use ' ' if path contains special charactors.






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  • I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 7:06










  • Forgot must use absolute path..
    – Michael Prokopec
    Nov 23 at 7:16










  • The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:48










  • The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:58















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I don't think you can however you could try:



Must use absolute path.



export BROWSER='/home/username/lynx.sh'


Create new file lynx.sh in home dir.



#!/bin/bash

linx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg


Make it exicutable.



Then:



Launching Browser should launch lynx.

or

./lynx.sh


And/Or:



Type:



whereis lynx


Use in next step.



Edit bash_aliases:



Must use absolute path to: lynx.cfg

Must use absolute path to: lynx, if not in /usr/bin/



alias=lynx='/path/to/lynx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg'


Must use ' ' if path contains special charactors.






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  • I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 7:06










  • Forgot must use absolute path..
    – Michael Prokopec
    Nov 23 at 7:16










  • The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:48










  • The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:58













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I don't think you can however you could try:



Must use absolute path.



export BROWSER='/home/username/lynx.sh'


Create new file lynx.sh in home dir.



#!/bin/bash

linx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg


Make it exicutable.



Then:



Launching Browser should launch lynx.

or

./lynx.sh


And/Or:



Type:



whereis lynx


Use in next step.



Edit bash_aliases:



Must use absolute path to: lynx.cfg

Must use absolute path to: lynx, if not in /usr/bin/



alias=lynx='/path/to/lynx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg'


Must use ' ' if path contains special charactors.






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I don't think you can however you could try:



Must use absolute path.



export BROWSER='/home/username/lynx.sh'


Create new file lynx.sh in home dir.



#!/bin/bash

linx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg


Make it exicutable.



Then:



Launching Browser should launch lynx.

or

./lynx.sh


And/Or:



Type:



whereis lynx


Use in next step.



Edit bash_aliases:



Must use absolute path to: lynx.cfg

Must use absolute path to: lynx, if not in /usr/bin/



alias=lynx='/path/to/lynx -cfg=/home/username/.lynx.cfg'


Must use ' ' if path contains special charactors.







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  • I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 7:06










  • Forgot must use absolute path..
    – Michael Prokopec
    Nov 23 at 7:16










  • The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:48










  • The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:58


















  • I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 7:06










  • Forgot must use absolute path..
    – Michael Prokopec
    Nov 23 at 7:16










  • The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:48










  • The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
    – HappyFace
    Nov 23 at 8:58
















I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 7:06




I thought of the first solution and was going to post it but you beat me to it :)) I don’t understand the second solution though? How is this different from a normal alias, which I tried and it didn’t work?
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 7:06












Forgot must use absolute path..
– Michael Prokopec
Nov 23 at 7:16




Forgot must use absolute path..
– Michael Prokopec
Nov 23 at 7:16












The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 8:48




The second solution doesn't work on zsh.
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 8:48












The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 8:58




The first solution makes the tool that is using BROWSER hang, though only after adding "$@" to the end of your script. Without this change, the tool just exits after a few seconds. I tried echoing hi in the script, and it was not echoed back to me when I ran the tool. (I am running ddgr --unsafe -n 6 --noprompt '!w apple' if it helps.)
– HappyFace
Nov 23 at 8:58


















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