control+x/e in Lynx returns strange error

[Luke Davis]

You can't (easily) get it to use bash.

What does the editor line, in your lynx options, say?  I would think this
is the problem.  "$EDITOR"/"$VISUAL", exported or not, have no connection
to this.


On Wed, 5 May 2004, Igor Gueths wrote:

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> Hi all. I tried hitting control+x and then e to get into $EDITOR from a
> textarea, however I'm getting a message that says something like "sh: -c
> line 1 unexpected EOF while looking for matching '. Sh: -c: line 2:
> Syntax Error: Unexpected end of file
>
> I assume this is because Lynx is defaulting to using /bin/sh as the
> shell? How do I get it to use bash, since it's evident that Lynx isn't
> respecting $SHELL. Thanks!
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