Re: LYNX-DEV One more footnote on getting lynx.exe to work under Windows

[T.E.Dickey]

> On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, T.E.Dickey wrote:
> > > > I hereby nominate `#define FNAMES_8_3' for inclusion in the configure
> > > > script used by lynx, and request that the configure script _test_ for
> > > > `cygwin' in the system name that it gets when it starts up.
> > > Why the heck would you want to limit yourself to 8.3 under a operating
> > > system that supports LFNs?
> > the same reason why autoconf has a test for "long filenames" (e.g., > 14)
> > on *nix boxes: there are boxes where you may build/install a program
> > that have old filesystems.
> 
> But this is saying I want to limit myself and all other cygwin people by
> default.  I just wanted to make sure that was really desired. 
no. he was asking for a configure test (so that people who need that restriction
can build a workable version of Lynx).

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Thomas E. Dickey
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