Re: lynx-dev proposal: rendering tables

[David Combs]

On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 06:59:22AM -0400, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> From: Chuck Martin <address@hidden>
> 
> Perhaps trying to find just _1_ algorithm for table display is the problem.
> Perhaps the initial approach is to figure out how to implement a modular
> approach to tables.
> 
> For instance, what if there were a compile time option that indicates that
> lynx should call an external program when encountering a <table> tag,
<snip>

Why "compile time"?  How about "run time", so that if there are
several programs differently processing tables, you could try
several, and finally choose which looked better for THAT table.

David