lynx-dev BUG (weird one): long filenames, specialized downloader, other stuff

[John Bley]

I haven't the time right now to fully investigate this (debug, trace, 
etc.), but it is repeatable (dev25):

1) Make a specialized DOWNLOADER (I have one that simply cp's to /tmp/jbb6/)
2) Go to www.mozilla.org/status/, find the "M5 bugs" link at the bottom 
   of the page, and click it.  It's got a weird MIME type and a *very* 
   long and strange name.
3) Select the specialized downloader.  Try to edit the filename.  There are
   several hundred extra spaces added onto it.  When I delete, the cursor 
   appears to stop around 11 cols "out" from where it should (but still 
   deleting).  When the whole name is erased, the cursor is one off from 
   where it should be.  Typing a name like "foo" moves the cursor but
   doesn't display characters.

Result: Core dump from lynx (whether the filename was edited or not).

Might just be me, but it's repeatable here.  The cursor thing might be a 
curses issue but I doubt it (never done weird things to me before).

Like I said, I'll take a look at it when I have more time; final exams 
are coming up.  Yikes.

-- 
John Bley - address@hidden
Duke '99 - English/Computer Science
  Since English is a mess, it maps well onto the problem space,
  which is also a mess, which we call reality.     - Larry Wall