LYNX-DEV Re: [patch] New version of current URL editing

[Will Mengarini]

You write:

>David Combs wrote:

>> The obvious response: why not simply "..", with "normal" g?

>It is not so obvious as normally '..' would be interpreted by starting
>DIRED in the directory below current.  It doesn't look likely to be used
>too often, though, so I decided to implement it this way.

>The following patch (against the Feb 9 prerelease) replaces both my
>previous patches and allows current URL editing by pressing arrow down
>after 'g' and going to the "parent" document by typing ".." after 'g'.

I just want to say I'd really like having these capabilities installed
in the official Lynx release; they are *very* convenient.  Now, the best
I can do to get a similar effect is use cut-and-paste in either Unix
screen or Windows, & those methods are quite cumbersome.

                   Will Mengarini  <address@hidden>

"Today's Price [INLINE]"
      --Insight Direct at <http://www.insight.com>, using Lynx, Mo 16 Dec 96
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