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Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.1pre.9


From: dickey
Subject: Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.1pre.9
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 21:08:10 -0400 (EDT)

> 
> still outstanding: 
>  
> (1) DEFAULT_KEYPAD_MODE = LINKS_AND_FORM_FIELDS_ARE_NUMBERED 
>     is not settable from  lynx.cfg , only from  userdefs.h  &  Options . 
>  
> (2) there's a very misleading description of Forms Options 
>     in INSTALLATION, `configure' & `configure -help': 
>     ` --enable-forms-options ' means ` --disable-forms-menu ', 
>     ie if you want BOTH you should OMIT this item from configure, 
>     when you can toggle between them via  lynx.cfg  & command-line; 
>     if you INCLUDE this item in configure, you CAN'T toggle. 
>     surely the name of this configure switch should be changed? 
>  
> i thought LP had offered a patch to cure (2), 

his patch simply removed the description.

> but anyway it shouldn't be left as it is: 

sure - come up with a short name for the option that's mnemonic enough
to make everyone figure out what the reverse logic would mean.  (The
logic works either way - someone needs to figure out how to explain it ;-)

> at least the description should match actual behaviour. 
>  
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