Re: lynx-dev proposed lynx.cfg change

[Leonid Pauzner]

13-Dec-99 06:39 brian j pardy wrote:
> On Boomtime, the 55th of The Aftermath, 3165, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
>> 12-Dec-99 13:39 brian j pardy wrote:
>> > Each time I install a new version of Lynx, I add
>>
>> > INCLUDE:/usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg.local
>>
>> > to the bottom of the system lynx.cfg.  To me, this is a good way to
>> > keep my local settings that are different from the defaults in
>> > lynx.cfg.
>>
>> I keep a slightly different approach: have lynx.cfg.local defined in
>> LYNX_CFG environment and include system lynx.cfg from the top of
>> lynx.cfg.local - this allows me to avoid any changes in the
>> distribution' lynx.cfg but have it handy for comments/defaults/
>> new features list.

> Well now.  That's a much better idea.  And I thought I had a pretty
> good one myself :)

BTW, the idea of including system lynx.cfg from local cfg file (in this
order) belongs to distribution' lynx.cfg (lines 22-34),
I just occasionally found an explicit reference now:)