Re: lynx and readme.gz

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca>]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:32:07PM -0600, lee wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:47:23PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 08:04:22PM -0600, lee wrote:
> > > how do I configure lynx to display or to have an option to display
> > > gziped files (like README.Debian.gz) instead of only offering to
> > > download them?
> > 
> > I'm not sure how you set it _not_ to.  I just right-arrow over the link
> > and read them.
> > 
> > Sorry for the "works for me" post.  However, at least you know that it
> > should work.
> 
> Well, I didn't set it ... It can depend on the web server[1] --- but
> can lynx do it?

Lee, you asked about gziped files like README.Debian.gz.  That doesn't
come from a web server.  What happens if you just hit g (go), then 
/usr/local/share/doc

Then arrow down to a directory, arrow right into that directory and,
assuming that there is a README.Debian.gz file, arrow right on the file?

This also assumes that you haven't played with the default debian
/etc/lynx.cfg file (other than to change colours, etc); there may be
some magic embedded there.

Doug.