Re: [patch] 7zip support + bug in viewer

[Roland Illig <roland illig gmx de>]

MP wrote:
> 2. If I try to view HTML and have not lynx installed (or basically 
> anything for which I do not have coresponding viewer from mc.ext 
> installed), I think it might be better to show the file directly, 
> instead of something like "lynx: command not found" followed by "Empty 
> output from child filter")
> For files that are "almost text" like html it makes much more sense to 
> display them as-is instead of some error message
> I think I may change the view_load in view.c that if the 
> view_load_command_output returns error (or at least error of type 
> 'viewer not found'), it will show the file directly and no error 
> messages, but I am not sure if this won't broke somethings ... should I 
> try to make a patch for it, or does it have some caveats that I don't see?

I suggest another way. Replace the line for the HTML viewer with the 
_one_ line below and adjust @X11_WWW@ to whatever your favourite browser is:

Open=(if test -n "@X11_WWW@" && test -n "$DISPLAY"; then (@X11_WWW@ 
file://%d/%p &) 1>&2; else links %f || lynx -force_html %f || cat %f; 
fi) 2>/dev/null

This calls links || lynx || cat, and suppresses all error messages.

Roland