Re: lynx-dev dev.23: extended INCLUDE syntax broken for DOSPATH

[dickey]

>  I afraid we have to expect similar behaviour on VMS port - as I understand, 
> the VMS filename always contains ':'. I see several variants (not mutually 
> exclusive) 

perhaps simpler: require that the include filename be quoted to get keywords
after it

> 1) On DOS - if that ':' is preceeded with letter and nothing else (perhaps 
> spaces), we can treat such first ':' as part of the name, and expect option  
> names to start after second ':'. 
> 2) I don't know anything about VMS filesystem approach, so here is 
> conditional 
> solution: 
>  If each VMS pathname contain _exactly_ one colon, then we can expect option 
> names after second colon, otherwise  
>  disable this functionality for VMS (since this feature is designed for ISPs 
> that provide shell account with lynx, and IMO there are few ISPs with VMS 
> installed, then this decision won't be painful) 
>  
> What do you think? 
>  
>  Best regards, 
>   -Vlad 


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