Re: lynx-dev comments on "compile time settings"

[Bela Lubkin]

Tom Dickey wrote:

[about using "about:" or other internal URLs]:

> > Well, yes, since the INFO page, as currently created, has URLs in it 
> > that refer to temp files!  If it was created with "about:compile", the 
> > handler for that would do whatever it did.  e.g. if you GOTO 
> > "LYNXKEYMAP:", it does the right thing without having pre-created the 
> > data for that. 
> yes - I've seen things like that in the code (it didn't make the proper
> impression - mostly I've noticed those because there's inconsistencies
> since the various lists are inline and there should be utility routines
> to cover common code).
> 
> but I suppose we can decide if it's a small enough change to put into
> pre.9 or pre.10 (this _is_ dragging on ;-).

No, absolutely not.  Any such changes should be for 2.8.2 or beyond.  I
was just commenting -- throwing it out to the list when I thought of it,
to ensure that it would be archived in our collective memories both
organic and electronic...

>Bela<