Re: lynx-dev -cookie_file problem

[brian j. pardy]

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Leonid Pauzner wrote:

> Currently, cookie file stored in .lynxrc when you save
> from the Options menu (automatically).
> 
> I feel command line switches (if any) should override
> values from .lynxrc to give user more flexibility.
> Currently not:
> in LYMain.c read_rc() at line 1380,
> but parse_arg() in lines 608, 1349, 1362.
> 
> In particular, command-line switch -cookie_file=name
> have no effect when you save data from 2.8.1rel1 Option menu at least once.
> The same for -partial_thres,
> probably also for -color and -nocolor (if no "default" value in .lynxrc)
> 
> Hope read_rc() should be moved before parse_arg(), just after read_cfg().

Unless there's some other reason to keep things as they are, I agree.

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