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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:

> I have  something similar, which I  find much simpler  : The following
> line in my .mailcap : 
>
> text/html; lynx.sh %s; copiousoutput
>
> Where lynx.sh is :
>
> #!/bin/tcsh
> set term=rxvt
> lynx -dump -force_html "$1" -term=rxvt
>
> What is the difference (except the use of lynx instead of links) ?

Two differences:

* I never bothered to read up on what you can do with `.mailcap'.  I
  preferred hacking Lisp.  :-)

* Links is so much cooler than lynx.  For one, it handles HTML tables
  correctly.