Re: lynx-dev EMBED?

[Philip Webb]

990110 Forcer wrote: 
> I just recently stumbled over the EMBED tag,
> and wondered why Lynx doesn't have any support for it.

presumably because it isn't part of HTML 3.0 , 3.2 or 4.0 ... (smile).

> In "normal" mode, it's just a downloadable version for the SRC field URL,
> whereas in IMAGE_TOGGLE'd mode it's a double-version,
> one with the SRC field URL and one with the PLUGINSPAGE field URL.
> The latter is useful since mostly on those pages are also
> "normal" (non-plugin) players for the type.
> i didn't come farther than copying the T_IMG to T_EMBED,
> which got me as far as that in IMAGE_TOGGLE'd mode
> the SRC field is available for download.
> That alone would be a great improvement anyways.
 
however, if you care to provide a patch which adds a useful feature,
you can expect some polite feedback from the lynx-dev volunteers:
that's always how Lynx has improved.

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