lynx-dev Re: lynx.cfg bloat (was various fixes)

[Webmaster Jim]

On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 03:11:09AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> 990818 Klaus Weide wrote:
> > 990817 Henry Nelson wrote: 
> >> all new settings to lynx.cfg should be strictly ONE setting per function.
> the best way to partition  lynx.cfg  is to separate controls from docs:
> it would be adequate to move the commentary to a simple text file,
> but better would be to make it  cfghelp.html  in the help directory.

Separating the comments from the active controls is very easy:

grep -v '^#' lynx.cfg | grep -v '^$'

If someone needs a lynx.cfg file without the extra text, they should do
this, and then either chop out what they don't need, or simply leave in
their alterations.

Let's not make 2 files where one is adequate, nor add complex include
mechanisms.

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