Html mail read error

Html mail read error

[Steven Woody]

Opening some html mail message, I got the error:

        lynx: Invalid Option: -stdin
        ...
        ...

What this mean and how do I resolve it?

Another question is, can I select html browsers other lynx? (no X
here)

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Re: Html mail read error

[Kai Großjohann]

Steven Woody <steven@steven4u.net> writes:

> Opening some html mail message, I got the error:
>
>         lynx: Invalid Option: -stdin
>         ...
>         ...
>
> What this mean and how do I resolve it?

It means that Gnus thinks that your lynx has this option, but it
doesn't.  I think that your lynx is too old -- can you install a more
recent version?

> Another question is, can I select html browsers other lynx? (no X
> here)

You could install Emacs/W3, that's an HTML browser in Lisp.  Or maybe
w3m or links, those are text-based browsers similar to lynx.  The
most recent Oort Gnus can integrate with all of them.

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Re: Html mail read error

[Steven Woody]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

>
> It means that Gnus thinks that your lynx has this option, but it
> doesn't.  I think that your lynx is too old -- can you install a more
> recent version?
>

my lynx is 2.8.3, okay, I am going to pull a 2.8.4, hope it works ...

> You could install Emacs/W3, that's an HTML browser in Lisp.  Or maybe
> w3m or links, those are text-based browsers similar to lynx.  The
> most recent Oort Gnus can integrate with all of them.
>
Do you means Emacs/W3 can run w/o X (in a console) ? And, again, how
to integrate Oort Gnus with w3m or Emacs/W3?  Thanks!


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Re: Html mail read error

[Kai Großjohann]

Steven Woody <steven@steven4u.net> writes:

> kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> It means that Gnus thinks that your lynx has this option, but it
>> doesn't.  I think that your lynx is too old -- can you install a more
>> recent version?
>
> my lynx is 2.8.3, okay, I am going to pull a 2.8.4, hope it works ...

Or maybe Gnus expects an older version of Lynx...

>> You could install Emacs/W3, that's an HTML browser in Lisp.  Or maybe
>> w3m or links, those are text-based browsers similar to lynx.  The
>> most recent Oort Gnus can integrate with all of them.
>>
> Do you means Emacs/W3 can run w/o X (in a console) ?

Yes.  Why are you surprised?

> And, again, how to integrate Oort Gnus with w3m or Emacs/W3?

I installed w3m and the separately available emacs-w3m package.  Then
all I had to do was (setq mm-text-html-renderer 'w3m).

I think that Gnus defaults to using Emacs/W3 if available, so probably
all you have to do is to install that.  If Gnus doesn't default to
it, the variable mm-text-html-renderer is again your friend.

Note that w3-4.0pre46 doesn't work on Emacs 21, you need pre47.  I
think.
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Re: Html mail read error

[Steven Woody]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

>
> Or maybe Gnus expects an older version of Lynx...
>
After install the 2.8.4, the html message can be open
properly. Thanks!

>>>
>> Do you means Emacs/W3 can run w/o X (in a console) ?
>
> Yes.  Why are you surprised?

Just for it's home page said: 
     
     Emacs/W3 is a full-featured web browser,... that supports all the
     bells and whistles you will find in use on the web today,
     including frames, tables, stylesheets, and much more

So, I thought it could not run under console. Now I am downloading
... :)

>
>> And, again, how to integrate Oort Gnus with w3m or Emacs/W3?
>
> I installed w3m and the separately available emacs-w3m package.  Then
> all I had to do was (setq mm-text-html-renderer 'w3m).
>
> I think that Gnus defaults to using Emacs/W3 if available, so probably
> all you have to do is to install that.  If Gnus doesn't default to
> it, the variable mm-text-html-renderer is again your friend.
>
> Note that w3-4.0pre46 doesn't work on Emacs 21, you need pre47.  I
> think.
> -- 
> A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.
>
>

Thank you again!

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