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Re: lynx-dev Comments on New Features summary
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Comments on New Features summary |
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:51:37 -0400 (EDT) |
> > + modify keyboard interrupt check to check no more than one per
> ^ once?
> > second, since this check is comparatively slow. Use
> > gettimeofday when available, to implement 0.1 second interval
> > for skipping interrupt check.
>
> (Does this actually describe current behavior, i.e. does the once-per-second
> apply anywhere?)
some old machines (in my lab, for example) don't have gettimeofday.
probably applies to VMS also. Since it's neither POSIX nor ANSI, I'd
expect the outlying 15-20% of machines don't necessarily have it.
That's why it's ifdef'd.
> > + to accept cookies with no value, in case the site resets a
> > cookie by nulling out the value
>
> Cookies with no value aren't really "accepted", they don't get stored
> (neither in memory nor on disk). I think the behavior is actually wrong
> (but doesn't seem to do harm since no sites rely on it), suggest removing
> this item.
that was the original changelog entry (perhaps it was too vague or poorly
worded)
> > + relax the cookie sanity checking for version 0 (old) cookies
> > _only when_ the user has accept_all_cookies set
>
> This doesn't describe current behavior. Use instead (something like):
something like (but we should try to be brief, I think)
> This is disabled. Remove item.
>
> > + navigation works to or inside text entry fields
>
> Only with ncurses I think, not with slang - please verify.
yes.
> > * add 'a' response when printing a file to allow append rather than
> > overwrite
>
> What does this mean? I've never used this, where does one type 'a'?
I'll look this up (it's a special case)
> If this is a hidden feature (I could not find it in the Users Guide), it
> shouldn't be advertised here.
>
> > * add support for content encoding for x-bzip2, bzip2 for suffix
> > "bz2"
>
> It seems suffix ".bz2" on local files isn't actually recognized in this
> way - please verify, if true remove 'for suffix "bz2"'.
>
> > * modify print-to-file logic to permit writing to pipe, provided
> > that the user does not have no-shell restriction
>
> There is no hint how to actually do this.
if the template command begins with a '|', lynx does a popen rather than fopen.
> This seems to be a hidden feature (it isn't mentioned in the Users Guide),
> so it shouldn't be advertised here.
not all features in the changes (even pre-2.8) are in the users' guide).
we should update guide, yes.
thanks.
> Klaus
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