Re: lynx-dev More on the lynx segmenation fault I was getting

[dickey]

> 
> The problem is that before this release, lynx accepted character names of 
> ISO Latin 1.  It not only doesn't, but crashes on Solaris 2.5 and 6 when 
> it finds that info in one's lynxrc or lynx.cfg file - which of course 
> it will find when one tries to test or use it with the previous defaults. 
ok - LP had a comment about that (but I think we should handle it more
gracefully)
  
> I started looking at fixing things, but the problem is pretty pervasive in 
> the LYCharSet.c file, where most of the functions think that the character 
> set is going to be a valid number, while the code that looked up the char 
> sets returns a negative one. 
>  
> Cookie expiration notes go out to stdout instead of out to the trace file. 
> This is going to cause lots of user questions about flashing msgs which 
> disappear without being seen. 
I hadn't noticed that
  
> Also, I am getting a problem with the very first page that is displayed upon 
> startup being displaying twice (like a refresh is being done). 
will check.

> Larry W. Virden                 INET: address@hidden 
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