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Re: LYNX-DEV DIRED mods


From: Klaus Weide
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV DIRED mods
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 04:38:00 -0600 (CST)

On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Hiram Lester, Jr. wrote:

> Tag works like it's supposed to which it never did before on either Linux
> or HP-UX.  You could tag but not untag.  It also seems to be a lot faster
> coming up with the initial directory.

Heh, I am not even aware that I did anything to speed it up.
Are you sure you are comparing things with the same settings?

DIRED_SUPPORT, LONG_LIST, LIST_FORMAT from Makefile and/or userdefs.h
and/or lynx.cfg, and the "l(I)st directory style" O)ption, and 
-restrictions=dired_support, all change what you see.

>  The only problem I see with it in
> quick perusal is that when you are in the root directory, you still get a
> ../ in the file list although Klaus removed the one at the top of the
> screen.  Trying to go above the root directory has strange effects on the
> file paths in the links and titles, and puts the ../ link back at the top
> of the page.

Yes, you can go from / to /.. to /../.. to /../../.. and so on, which
is all just the same as /.

And on Unix /.. *is* the same directory as /, so the behavior is not
actually wrong, it's just confusing.
 
> Ok, got it up and running on HP-UX with similar results.  The ../ thingy
> is still kinda strange.  When I get to /tmp, it doesn't appear at the top
> of the screen, but still appears in the file list.  I just checked on
> Linux and identical behavior.  It seems to perform identically on both
> though, quirks and all. :)
> 
> Klaus, sorry to burst your bubble. :)

Well you don't :)  
I was aware that there were these kinds of things left.
The changes were already extensive enough, and I didn't want to
change more in HTFile.c than necessary.  It interacts with FTP mode,
and then probably also with HTParse.c...

>  Keep on working on it though, and I
> might actually find a use for DIRED mode. :)  It was way too slow before,
> and now it actually seems reasonable.  I'm definitely impressed. :)

Again, I don't know that I did anything to make it faster, but that
may depend on lots of things.  I hope whether *you* find a use for
DIRED mode doesn't depend on whether the unnecessary ../ links are
there or not, 'cause they will probably be around for a while...
(Of course if you found that I introduced some *new* bogosity please
tell me by all means.)

  Klaus

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