[Alpine-info] How to unlynx links in Alpine?

[Damion Yates via Alpine-info]

On Sunday, 5 January 2025, Thomas Gramstad via Alpine-info <
alpine-info at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> In my Alpine config I have URL-viewer set to /usr/bin/firefox in order to

> be able to click a link in an e-mail message and have it opened in Firefox

> in an external window.

>

> This used to work, but now it doesn't.

>

> What happens now is that I'm asked to accept a cookie, I answer Y, and

> then this repeats a few times. Then finally I get the message that the app

> will not work unless I install Javascript, and then nothing more happens.

>

> I have tried a few times, and also used the ? option while

> accepting cookies. According to the ? option, the app asking for repeated

> cookie acceptance is Lynx. And yes, it does look like a vague memory I have

> a few decades back of the Lynx web browser.

>

> So how can I make Firefox work as before, without being asked about

> cookies, and without Javascript, and without Lynx?

> Is there a way to unlynx Alpine?



I would suggest checking whether something clever has noticed that $DISPLAY
isn't set and is defaulting to `lynx` as a text-only fallback. This might
happen if you're using `tmux` or `screen` and initiated it prior to using
your desktop.

 - Damion


-- 
Damion Yates - damion.yates at gmail.com
London, England
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