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


From: David Combs
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd.
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:16:07 -0800 (PST)

> From address@hidden Thu Jan 29 16:59:32 1998
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:24:30 -0800
> From: Michael Warner <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd.
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> In-Reply-To: <address@hidden>; from Philip Webb on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 
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> 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>
> 


Please: why in the world is this a COMPILE-TIME
option???????

This is exactly the kind of thing that should
be a USER-selectable option -- because different
USERS will want this set differently.

Just my opinion -- hope someone who commonly hacks
lynx will change it!

THANKS!

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