Re: lynx-dev tracelog doesn't work in 2.8

[T.E.Dickey]

> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Laura Eaves wrote: 
>  
> > The tracelog doesn't work in 2.8. 
> > When I hit ; then ^T I get trace sent to the screen 
> > instead of Lynx.trace. 
>  
> As they say, "this is a feature, not a bug". This handling is a 
> compiletime option in userdefs.h. The default is that trace goes to 
> stderr. For a Lynx.trace file with ^T, you need to set TRACE_LOG to TRUE 
> in userdefs.h at compilation, or run lynx as "lynx -tlog". Since DOS 
> doesn't handle redirection of stderr well, all the DOS ports have been 
> compiled with TRACE_LOG TRUE. This is the first change I make when 
> compiling a new version. 
That sounds familiar (thanks).  I think everyone involved knows a small part
of Lynx (and it seems, different parts).
  
> Is there a reason that the default is FALSE? 
I don't know - perhaps it is mentioned in the CHANGES2.8 file.  (I'd
look closely, but want to stay focused on the change I'm working on).

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