Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.3dev.6

[Philip Webb]

990813 Thomas Dickey announced: 
> 1999-08-13 (2.8.3dev.6)
> * workarounds in LYMain.c and LYMainLoop.c for excessive compiler warnings due
>   to defective design of glibc2 -TD
> * modify logic for EXP_JUSTIFY_ELTS in GridText.c to change a raw
>   LY_NONBREAK_SPACE to ' ', to work better for tables -VH
> * add/clarify user's guide for command line option syntax -DK, KW
> * add a new command line toggle for DOS to control debugging of packets under
>   WATTCP and WATT-32.  Under WATT-32, once dbug_init is called, debugging
>   cannot be turned off (although output can be sent to /dev/null).  This new
>   option "-wdebug" controls whether debugging is active, is off by default 
> -DK,
>   Gisle Vanem
> * allow ':' as a separator between the option and its value -DK
> * corrected install rule using symbolic link for copyright files (reported by
>   HN, KED) -TD
> * reset "stalled for xxx" counter from Ilya's ETA change in dev.5 between ftp
>   requests -VH
> * add support for scrollbars, ifdef'd with USE_SCROLLBAR.  Use command-line
>   options -scrollbar and -scrollbar_arrow or corresponding lynx.cfg to enable
>   it.  Requires ncurses; may be further tuned if color-style configuration
>   is used (Ilya Zakharevich)
> * LYCopyFile():  Thanks to Hiroyuki Senshu, DOS-based systems needs no cp.exe
>   binary when compiled with SH_EX.  This code is now defined with DOSPATH so
>   used automatically by any dos/windows port, but unused for UNIXes
>   (permissions?) if occasionally built with SH_EX symbol -LP
> * few includes labelled with _WIN_CC now tweaked with WIN_EX as should be -LP
> * adjustments to SH_EX, CJK_EX ifdef's in LYMainLoop.c and LYUtils.c to aid in
>   porting -LP
> * improved logic in status_link() for -short_url option (patches from
>   <address@hidden> and Eduardo Chappa L)
> * modify display_page() to not necessarily call lynx_force_repaint() to make
>   highlighting work when displaying UTF-8 -Christian Weisgerber, KW
> * add check in read_directory() if transfer was interrupted -KED
 
you appear to have overlooked my documents patch
 www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0899/msg00214.html ;
i checked the new Users Guide &  lynx.cfg  & the changes are not included. 

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