On 2009-01-15, Steve Ackman wrote:
In , on 11 Jan 2009
06:38:48 GMT, DoN. Nichols, wrote:

Simpler to deal with the auction number alone instead of trying
to cut and paste a three-line folded URL. :-)

Really? I find it much easier to just hit U (that's
upper case U), and hit ENTER over the appropriate URL.
Launches it with whatever browser you want ...
In .slrnrc I have,
set Xbrowser "links2 -g '%s' &"

I don't like mail programs and newsreaders knowing how to fire
up browsers on my systems. This is one of the ways that Windows systems
get infected with Malware. :-)

You really need to visit '?' more often, DoN. ;-)

Ebay item #180318066261

Then I'd have to open a browser manually, go to eBay,
and copy'n'paste the auction number in some search box.
Much more time consuming, and troublesome.

A shell script (called "ebay" which builds a generic URL and
appends the item number from the command line. So it is a very simple
cut-and-paste for me.

From the script:
================================================== ====================
URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=${1}"
================================================== ====================

If I don't give an auction number on the command line, it comes
up on a search page instead. Overall, it does what I want.

And these days, the Sun Blade 2000 with dual 1.2 GHz CPUs starts
opera quickly enough so there is no serious wait.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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