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Re: lynx-dev RE: "remove the r command"


From: David Combs
Subject: Re: lynx-dev RE: "remove the r command"
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:15:12 -0800 (PST)

> From address@hidden Fri Dec 11 06:10:22 1998
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 09:07:22 -0500 (EST)
> From: address@hidden (Larry W. Virden)
> 
> From: David Combs <address@hidden>
> 
> >> > i have never understood why the  r  command hasn't been removed,
> >> And I can't understand why you want to remove the "remove" command just
> >> because sometimes it doesn't work with incorrectly edited bookmarks files!
> >One kludgey "solution" would be, on the r command, to ASK the
> >user:
> 
> Even better - what we could do is just show the user the line that is about to
> be deleted, and ask if it is the correct line they wish to delete.
> Force a y or n.  If n is the answer, then tell the user that the file may
> be in a state where the r cannot reliably be used and that the user should
> consider editting %s, where %s expands to the bookmark file in question.
> 

Also be sure to add (since they might not know this):
   "Or just use an 'editor', eg vi or xxxForPC, and
     do it 'by hand'.  Just be careful to not xxx or yyy."


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