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ritceyPerson was signed in when posted  11
07-03-2002 03:23 PM ET (US)
Edited by author 07-03-2002 03:24 PM
but can links do the --dump thing, like lynx (and the referenced CGI) can? I don't see such an option (or am I blind?)
Allan J. HeimPerson was signed in when posted  10
07-03-2002 02:21 PM ET (US)
And links is better still. It handles tables and frames with no trouble.
ritceyPerson was signed in when posted  9
07-03-2002 12:11 PM ET (US)
lynx has been doing this for years (and looks a bit nicer, IMHO):

lynx --dump http://boingboing.net

lynx is available for all unix-like OSs (including OS X), and, I believe, for win32...

Or am I missing something?
Cory DoctorowPerson was signed in when posted  8
07-03-2002 12:10 PM ET (US)
Cuz it doesn't work. When I enter a URL and submit it just reloads the form-page.
Aaron SwartzPerson was signed in when posted  7
07-03-2002 12:08 PM ET (US)
If you want to see your own site ASCIInated, there's a nice form:

http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/html2text

(dunno why Cory didn't link to it).
bruceePerson was signed in when posted  6
07-03-2002 11:05 AM ET (US)
i'm saying that the bug is a crock and not a feature.
Cory DoctorowPerson was signed in when posted  5
07-03-2002 11:00 AM ET (US)
No, it's not a crock, it's a beta-app that Aaron whipped up yesterday. It's not anything final, and one imagines that fixing this bug will be trivial.
bruceePerson was signed in when posted  4
07-03-2002 10:55 AM ET (US)
it's a crock
peoplepopPerson was signed in when posted  3
07-03-2002 10:42 AM ET (US)
hey brucee. That's a feature... better css support than Netscape ;-)
bruceePerson was signed in when posted  2
07-03-2002 10:03 AM ET (US)
the third line of the example is hardly satisfactory
peoplepopPerson was signed in when posted  1
07-03-2002 09:35 AM ET (US)
well, my justferfun business is asciirock.com so i predictably i think this is the coolest damn thing since fresh bread.

i think i'm gonna pass all the offsite links through this on my site!

i think i'll write to suggest a version that preserves links though - not true ascii. just html/head/body and a tags

chas.
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