Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.2

[dickey]

> 
> > i put up the 2.8.2dev.2 patch - connecting to sol is very slow, so I'll 
> > pick up detailed changes in the morning.  This patch integrates Jim 
> > Spath's message library changes. There's more work to do on that, but 
> > it's workable as is (I undid much of the embedding of html into the 
> > message fragments, but haven't gone through the French message file 
> > to update _that_ yet). 
>  
> I have a quick look at this stuff: 
> 1) Please rename makefile.in.in and a couple of others with two dots 
> to a single extension - impossible to unpack .zip on DOS/WIN 
ok
>  
> 2) french "po" file say something like 
> msgid "NeXT character set  " 
> msgstr "Jeu de car. NeXT    " 
> which obviously wrong for several reasons: 
> 1. trailing spaces not allowed, 
the msgid is generated from the actual literal.
the msgstr is handcrafted - we'll have to work on these... 


> 2. should be inserted only in option menu but not in LYCharSets.c/UCDomap.c/ 
> LYRCFile.c to avoid compatibility problems with .lynxrc/lynx.cfg 
>  
> 3) please add my fixes for dev1 (and pre2): 1252&help 
I have several patches, but this one was the largest - will check.
  

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