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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX reads "off" from .lynxrc set_cursor=on


From: T.E.Dickey
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX reads "off" from .lynxrc set_cursor=on
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:53:15 -0500 (EST)

> Neither.  However, it is an unobvious behavior that, depending on the
> value of the userdefs.h, lynx.cfg and user's lynx.rc, setting some command
> switchs to on may mean 'turn on the feature' and may, for the next
> user, mean 'turn off the feature'.
(aka 'hostile' as Al notes)
 
> It seems to me, from the point of view of someone trying to explain
> how to use lynx to others, that a more consistent view would be to
> always have on mean 'turn this option on' and off mean 'turn this option
> off'. 
that would be nice (2.9?).  some programs try to do this, though they still
may not be consistent (e.g., xterm uses +option and -option).
 
> -- 
> Larry W. Virden                 INET: address@hidden


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