LYNX-DEV new command: 123g

[Philip Webb]

970424 Klaus Weide wrote: 
> On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Philip Webb wrote:
> >   on the other hand, Kurt's behaviour is beautifully simple:
> >    123 Return  moves me to the link, bringing up a new screen if necessary,
> >    123g Return  blasts straight off into cyberspace with no scrolling.
> 
> it is the other way around (currently), as Al Gilman already noted

sure, yes, no practical difference.
 
> Adding a global config setting that globally changes the behavior of
> typing numbers from "activate link" to "goto link" should be possible
> and straightforward now that the mechanism is there (if it works...
> it has to be tested a bit more than I did) but I don't want to be the one
> to make all the changes in the documentation, help files etc.

i'll volunteer to update the doc help stuff, insofar as i'm able.
 
> > i'ld still like to hear from Kurt what the status of his proposal is:
> > up-and-running code or a glint in his eye?
> 
> Dunno this Kurt or about his eyes :)
             ^^^^
oops! (red face)
             
> the code is available for downloading and testing (together with
> other experimental features) in the development code on SOL.SLCC.EDU.. 
> 
>     <URL: http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current/>,
>     <URL: http://sol.slcc.edu/cgi-bin/lynx/patch>,
>     <URL: http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/klaus/merged/all/>
> 
> The latest code set is called 2.7.1ac-0.12.  It has some (minor) tweaks
> of the "new" parsing/DTD, and the "old" parsing/DTD (to which one can
> currently switch with ^V) is now updated to include Fote's changes after
> the "FORM hack".  So with this Lynx, if you run into some horrible page,
> you have a second chance :), it's two Lynxes for the price of one and 
> both are different from 2.7.1...

i'll try it out when i can.
laura eaves has some related comments on extending numbers to form fields,
with references to source details.

thanx for your labors (big smile).

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