Thanks for the further clarification. I will give it a try, first command sample, as I am using shellworld as I said. thanks again, Karen On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Trevor Astrope wrote: > Just run that at your shell prompt before you start links or elinks. It > sets the EDITOR environment variable that elinks will automatically read > and use as your editor. Just give it a try. If you're not using a bash > shell, try something like this: > > EDITOR=pico ; export EDITOR > > or setenv EDITOR pico > > One of those should do the trick. > > If you don't want to type it every time you login, put it in your > .bash_profile, .profile or .login, depending on your shell. > > Afaik, you can't set the editor within elinks, it can only be changed by > setting the EDITOR environment variable. > > Hth, > > Trevor > > > On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> where must this command be entered in the program, and which one? >> I know I can run pico from my home directory, but I am not talking of that. >> >> >> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Trevor Astrope wrote: >> >>> bash$ export EDITOR=pico >>> >>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings all, >>>> I am wondering about the chances of using a text editor like pico >>>> with the javascript browsers elinks or links? >>>> I know this can be done with Lynx the cat, as it is used as the editor for >>>> comments and message windows I encounter when using it at Shellworld. >>>> is there a place to list the editor of choice in the configurations for >>>> either program? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
