Re: lynx-dev Re: Vlad's suggestions

[dickey]

> On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote: 
>  
> > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Philip Webb wrote: 
> > 
> > > * regular expression search (preferably ERE), case sensitive and 
> > > insensitive 
> > >  
> > > this would be useful. 
>  
> It's amazing how long lynx has been able to exist without any form of 
> regular expressions :). 
>  
> Adding support would be useful for some, but looks non-trivial (compared 
> to the very lynx-specific way searches are done).  I bet it would also add 
> more complexity to ./configure and the various other platforms' compilation 
> procedure. 

it would - not all platforms have regular expressions (some older ones
have them available in a broken form; at least one that I built my directory
editor with - using -regular expressions - has a symbol that conflicts with
the curses library).  There are a handful of portable libraries (let's _not_
bundle those with lynx), but they have assorted problems and incompatibilities.
  
> I'd like to have it, if somebody does all the work. :) 

likewise (I'll help integrate ;-)
  
>  
> > > * ESC closes 'option list' 
> > >  
> > > LeftArrow does it already as easily. 
> >  
> >   It's convenient for GUIs and UIs to interpret ESC (or double ESC) as  
> >   closing current element of dialog or dialog itself. May be it will be  
> >   useful for novice users. 
>  
> Probably wouldn't work consistently across platforms - might be useful 
> for those where it does, but would set a new precedent, a naked ESC doesn't 
> do anything useful *anywhere* in lynx. 
^G does fine for me as a generic cancel in lynx.
  
>    Klaus 


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