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Re: LYNX-DEV 2-8 help: Help!


From: Philip Webb
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV 2-8 help: Help!
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 03:56:48 -0500 (EST)

980303 Thomas Dickey wrote: 
> all configure's assumptions get written into lynx_cfg.h or the makefiles.
> lynx_cfg.h makes set values you would otherwise specify in userdefs.h

there IS a problem somewhere around  configure .

i can get everything to work -- incl  g .  -- using  LYNX_CFG  or  -cfg :

  lynx28 -cfg ~/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx.cfg
  setenv LYNX_CFG "~/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx.cfg"

each (separately) find the correct 2-8  lynx.cfg ,
which then gives the correct  help  files &  g .  behaviour defined there;
the former line works when included in a file, but the latter doesn't,
presumably because i don't know the format for writing  tcsh  scripts.

HOWEVER,  lynx_cfg.h  is not defining the location of  lynx.cfg  correctly:
the line reads (i copy it from the file):

#define LYNX_CFG_FILE "~/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx.cfg"

with comment  /* $libdir/lynx.cfg */ .

it seems not to be defining the location at all,
with the result that 2-8 looks for  lynx.cfg  in some default location
& finds the sysadmin's version.

 lynx_cfg.h  is also not defining the format for directory lists correctly,
since it should give a short list based on the  configure  arguments;
the  configure  script i used is:

./configure --disable-echo \
--prefix=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8 --exec-prefix=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8 \
--libdir=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8 --mandir=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx_help \
--disable-dired --disable-long-list --disable-debug

this imitates the example given in  INSTALLATION .

the software here is new to me,
but i do have experience searching systematically for the source of problems,
which is what i've been trying to do here.

no-one should underestimate the extent of the little bugs
which may be lurking in 2-8 after all the many efforts it has required
from so many people: we do need to track them down carefully.

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