Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd.

[Michael Warner]

On or about Wed, Jan 28, 1998, Philip Webb <address@hidden> wrote:

> 980128 David Combs wrote: 
> > The Q cmd should require a full "y e s" spelled out.  
> -- snip -- 
> > Instead of typing H to go back, you hit qdp --
> > oops, you are OUT, lynx is gone.
> 
> using 2-7 without checking my  lynx.cfg , i tested what happens.
> having gone to some page, i enter  q  (lower-case),
> Lynx replies (roughly) "do you really want to quit? type y to exit",
> i enter  d  (lower-case), Lynx says "Excellent!!!" (puzzled look),
> then returns the usual information line,
> i enter  p  (lower-case), Lynx presents the print menu,
> i enter  Q  (upper-case) -- like normal to quit -- & Lynx quits at once.
> 
> so what's the problem?

From userdefs.h:

/********************************
 * If QUIT_DEFAULT_YES is defined then when the QUIT command is
 * entered,
 * any response other than n or N will confirm.  Comment this out if
 * you prefer the more conservative action of requiring an explicit
 * Y or y to confirm.
 */
#define QUIT_DEFAULT_YES
 
...so your spelled-out "y-e-s" preference isn't currently available,
but if you can build your own, or prevail upon whomever supplies your
copy to rebuild, with the change in userdefs.h, it should solve the
immediate problem.

-- 
Michael Warner 
<address@hidden>