How to make Lynx COLUMN width infinite?
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-width=NUMBER
number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80.
My question: "-width=999999" is not so good.. "-width=0" isn't working. How can I give the "-width" an infinite number?
UPDATE: I am just trying to download a txt file (that has longer lines) with:
lynx --dump foo.com/bar.txt
lynx
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
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-width=NUMBER
number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80.
My question: "-width=999999" is not so good.. "-width=0" isn't working. How can I give the "-width" an infinite number?
UPDATE: I am just trying to download a txt file (that has longer lines) with:
lynx --dump foo.com/bar.txt
lynx
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
Are you using it to dump data or actually browse with it?
– slm♦
Jan 24 '14 at 22:08
Then a<hr>would turn into an infinitely long horizontal rule. What are you trying to achieve?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Jan 25 '14 at 0:39
updated the question
– gasko peter
Jan 31 '14 at 12:18
1
Hm, any reason for not usingwget,curl? Or evennc?
– peterph
Feb 3 '14 at 20:34
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-width=NUMBER
number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80.
My question: "-width=999999" is not so good.. "-width=0" isn't working. How can I give the "-width" an infinite number?
UPDATE: I am just trying to download a txt file (that has longer lines) with:
lynx --dump foo.com/bar.txt
lynx
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
-width=NUMBER
number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80.
My question: "-width=999999" is not so good.. "-width=0" isn't working. How can I give the "-width" an infinite number?
UPDATE: I am just trying to download a txt file (that has longer lines) with:
lynx --dump foo.com/bar.txt
lynx
lynx
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
edited Jan 31 '14 at 12:17
gasko peter
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
asked Jan 24 '14 at 20:43
gasko petergasko peter
1,3011857123
1,3011857123
Are you using it to dump data or actually browse with it?
– slm♦
Jan 24 '14 at 22:08
Then a<hr>would turn into an infinitely long horizontal rule. What are you trying to achieve?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Jan 25 '14 at 0:39
updated the question
– gasko peter
Jan 31 '14 at 12:18
1
Hm, any reason for not usingwget,curl? Or evennc?
– peterph
Feb 3 '14 at 20:34
add a comment |
Are you using it to dump data or actually browse with it?
– slm♦
Jan 24 '14 at 22:08
Then a<hr>would turn into an infinitely long horizontal rule. What are you trying to achieve?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Jan 25 '14 at 0:39
updated the question
– gasko peter
Jan 31 '14 at 12:18
1
Hm, any reason for not usingwget,curl? Or evennc?
– peterph
Feb 3 '14 at 20:34
Are you using it to dump data or actually browse with it?
– slm♦
Jan 24 '14 at 22:08
Are you using it to dump data or actually browse with it?
– slm♦
Jan 24 '14 at 22:08
Then a
<hr> would turn into an infinitely long horizontal rule. What are you trying to achieve?– Stéphane Chazelas
Jan 25 '14 at 0:39
Then a
<hr> would turn into an infinitely long horizontal rule. What are you trying to achieve?– Stéphane Chazelas
Jan 25 '14 at 0:39
updated the question
– gasko peter
Jan 31 '14 at 12:18
updated the question
– gasko peter
Jan 31 '14 at 12:18
1
1
Hm, any reason for not using
wget, curl? Or even nc?– peterph
Feb 3 '14 at 20:34
Hm, any reason for not using
wget, curl? Or even nc?– peterph
Feb 3 '14 at 20:34
add a comment |
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short: you can't do this with lynx
long: the -width option applies to formatted output. wget and curl do not format their output (those are comparable to the -source option of Lynx).
Formatted output pertains to what you see on the screen. Except for demonstration purposes, your screen will be no more than a few hundred columns of text (usually much less).
While most fixed-length buffers have been rewritten in the source code, the maximum line-length for formatted output from Lynx is still a compiled-in constant (1024). Changing that is more than simply changing a number and recompiling, because Lynx manages memory pools which include data structures containing these (fixed-length lines). If you increased the maximum length of a line, then that would change the block-size used for the memory pool (or make it less efficient by storing fewer lines in a block).
Further reading: src/GridText.c, where the relevant data structures are defined.
answered Oct 27 '16 at 22:37
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short: you can't do this with lynx
long: the -width option applies to formatted output. wget and curl do not format their output (those are comparable to the -source option of Lynx).
Formatted output pertains to what you see on the screen. Except for demonstration purposes, your screen will be no more than a few hundred columns of text (usually much less).
While most fixed-length buffers have been rewritten in the source code, the maximum line-length for formatted output from Lynx is still a compiled-in constant (1024). Changing that is more than simply changing a number and recompiling, because Lynx manages memory pools which include data structures containing these (fixed-length lines). If you increased the maximum length of a line, then that would change the block-size used for the memory pool (or make it less efficient by storing fewer lines in a block).
Further reading: src/GridText.c, where the relevant data structures are defined.
answered Oct 27 '16 at 22:37
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short: you can't do this with lynx
long: the -width option applies to formatted output. wget and curl do not format their output (those are comparable to the -source option of Lynx).
Formatted output pertains to what you see on the screen. Except for demonstration purposes, your screen will be no more than a few hundred columns of text (usually much less).
While most fixed-length buffers have been rewritten in the source code, the maximum line-length for formatted output from Lynx is still a compiled-in constant (1024). Changing that is more than simply changing a number and recompiling, because Lynx manages memory pools which include data structures containing these (fixed-length lines). If you increased the maximum length of a line, then that would change the block-size used for the memory pool (or make it less efficient by storing fewer lines in a block).
Further reading: src/GridText.c, where the relevant data structures are defined.
answered Oct 27 '16 at 22:37
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
53.8k5103176
add a comment |
short: you can't do this with lynx
long: the -width option applies to formatted output. wget and curl do not format their output (those are comparable to the -source option of Lynx).
Formatted output pertains to what you see on the screen. Except for demonstration purposes, your screen will be no more than a few hundred columns of text (usually much less).
While most fixed-length buffers have been rewritten in the source code, the maximum line-length for formatted output from Lynx is still a compiled-in constant (1024). Changing that is more than simply changing a number and recompiling, because Lynx manages memory pools which include data structures containing these (fixed-length lines). If you increased the maximum length of a line, then that would change the block-size used for the memory pool (or make it less efficient by storing fewer lines in a block).
Further reading: src/GridText.c, where the relevant data structures are defined.
answered Oct 27 '16 at 22:37
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
53.8k5103176
short: you can't do this with lynx
long: the -width option applies to formatted output. wget and curl do not format their output (those are comparable to the -source option of Lynx).
Formatted output pertains to what you see on the screen. Except for demonstration purposes, your screen will be no more than a few hundred columns of text (usually much less).
While most fixed-length buffers have been rewritten in the source code, the maximum line-length for formatted output from Lynx is still a compiled-in constant (1024). Changing that is more than simply changing a number and recompiling, because Lynx manages memory pools which include data structures containing these (fixed-length lines). If you increased the maximum length of a line, then that would change the block-size used for the memory pool (or make it less efficient by storing fewer lines in a block).
Further reading: src/GridText.c, where the relevant data structures are defined.
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Are you using it to dump data or actually browse with it?
– slm♦
Jan 24 '14 at 22:08
Then a
<hr>would turn into an infinitely long horizontal rule. What are you trying to achieve?– Stéphane Chazelas
Jan 25 '14 at 0:39
updated the question
– gasko peter
Jan 31 '14 at 12:18
1
Hm, any reason for not using
wget,curl? Or evennc?– peterph
Feb 3 '14 at 20:34