Lynx

rileyvrh · Post by **rileyvrh** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:26 pm

Can someone explain to me what lynx is, and why some tcls i look at tell me i need lynx for the tcl to work?

Post by **CrazyCat** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:02 am

stop using bold when it's not usefull.
Lynx is a text-based web browser, and some tcls use it to get web pages.
It's an alternative to wget.

Some scripters (as myself) prefer using lynx than wget because lynx is always in linux distros.

GodOfSuicide · Post by **GodOfSuicide** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:28 am

CrazyCat wrote:Some scripters (as myself) prefer using lynx than wget because lynx is always in linux distros.

nah, http.tcl and egghttp.tcl are to prefer imo. everything with exec (most ppl use it, only a few of them work with exec) are more vulnerable to timeouts and similar stuff.

Post by **CrazyCat** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:58 am

I didn't know these tcl, gonna try them

thanx

GodOfSuicide · Post by **GodOfSuicide** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:59 am

but : they dont do the parsing for you, you have to do this yourself

Post by **CrazyCat** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:13 am

yes, I've DL egghttp.tcl, it's ok to get some simple pages, but sometimes I need some lynx' functionnalities (especially -dump -preparsed).
But it's true that for a lot of tcls, it's more secure to use socks.
won't forget that now

GodOfSuicide · Post by **GodOfSuicide** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:18 am

nah, you dont need it, just check for ahref= and such html stuff...

Post by **caesar** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:45 pm

And why don't you use the http library of TCL?

strikelight · Post by **strikelight** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:39 am

Maybe because the HTTP package does not work in non-blocking mode on earlier versions of eggdrop, egghttp is not as bloated as the http package with features one doesn't use anyway for simple webpage fetching, etc.. etc.. ?

Just a thought.

Post by **CrazyCat** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:59 am

caesar wrote:And why don't you use the http library of TCL?

because I'm used to make TCLs on demand for pple who have frequently a bad installation of tcl

So, I prefer use some tools I know they have