Re: lynx-dev (patch) activate lynx.cfg changes

[Philip Webb]

990406 Leonid Pauzner commented on his patch for editing  lynx.cfg :
> No separate compile-time option yet (not sure one necessary
> when a user have write access to lynx.cfg file).
>> Why the need for post-launch editing of lynx.cfg?
>> Isn't that the whole purpose of the O)ption menu?
>> Or is your ultimate plan to get rid of .lynxrc?
> O)ption menu cover a small subset of lynx.cfg repertoire,
> probably  < 10 % , so sometimes may be a need to change lynx.cfg.
 
the patch certainly seem useful,
but there is a long-term case for simplifying  .lynxrc  &  lynx.cfg ,
ie to distribute  lynx.cfg  items among compile-time & on-line actions,
so that there are just  2  occasions to make choices:
when compiling -- now  userdefs.h  &  --configure-switches  --
& when using -- now  lynx.cfg , command-line & Options --
via Options or matching command-line switches.
Screen manages that way, but it's probably a lot of work to convert Lynx.

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