Question: Is there a way to automate an http request through lynx and write the HTML source to a text file...? then open it with vi?

Answer: You'd probably find it better to use Client URL (CURL):\n\nhttp://curl.haxx.se/\n\nIt will allow you to make a call to a URL and save the file to your local system quite easily.\n\nOnce you've done that, you can easily open it in vi.
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