Re: lynx-dev LYNX: history-page itself not put onto history stack!

[David Combs]

On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 07:01:42PM -0500, Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, David Combs wrote:
> 
> > Why this change?
> > 
> > I found, before the change, that history-pages served as nice
> > visual "marks" in the history stack.
> > 
> > Now, if I do a history (backspace) and then choose one of
> > those items to go, or some new place to go to, and go there,
> > and come back, it "jumps over" that (old) history page.
> > 
> > Because, I suppose, it was never put there.
> > 
> > WHY was this change made?
> 
> WHAT change?  I mean, between which versions?
> 
> The HISTORY page was never put on the history stack, normally.[*]
> Please check again.
> 
> Maybe you confuse HISTORY with VLINKS?  (Or even LIST?)
> 
> [*] There is some trick by which one could/(probably)can force
>     the HISTORY page to appear on the stack - basically, invoke
>     PRINT menu from the HISTORY page - but I assume you are not
>     talking about such an obscure thing.
> 
>    Klaus
> 

I guess my memory is just plain wrong.

(Your suggested trick does not work, not for me
on Lynx 2.8.3dev.3 (29 Jun 1999) )

David