Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx_386 for DOS Bug Report (14 March 1997 version) -Reply

[Ian Stirling]

> 
> TD>
>  | some systems have trouble with non-alphanumerics on the end or
>  | beginning of a filename (e.g., VMS).
> TD>
> 
> WB>
>  | Sorry, unclear again...
>  |
>  | Does anyone have an objection to _lynxrc for the 386/Win32 ports?
> WB>
> 
> I think you can count the TD's comment as a vote against using
> "_lynxrc" (since the leading "_" is a non-alphanumeric character).  I
> would prefer lynx.rc myself, just because there are already enough
> weird filenames out there, and most of the weird ones are temporary

If compatiblility with win95/dos is an issue, I'd suggest
lynx.ini, due to the fact that .rc is unlikely to be recognised as a 
configuration file by someone unfamiliar with *nix.


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