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Re: lynx-dev Re: [PATCH 2.8.4dev.18] remove the gap


From: Henry Nelson
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Re: [PATCH 2.8.4dev.18] remove the gap
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 10:22:35 +0900 (JST)

>    The line separating <TITLE> and <BODY>?  If so, I prefer the present
>    behavior.  If not, please explain what you mean by "first empty line."
> 
> I do not know what you mean there.  There may be no line separating
> <TITLE> and <BODY>, since they are in different "frames": the first
> one in the "Lynx feedback" frame (top and bottom lines), the second
> one in the document frame.
> 
> I mean the bogus empty line *before* <BODY>.  If you are at the start
> of the document, it shows below <TITLE> indeed.

I think we are talking about the same line, but our interpretation of it
is quite different.  I do not consider it "bogus."  To me it serves the
purpose of *separating*, i.e., making distinct, the <TITLE> and <BODY>.
This is particularly important for documents which fit onto a single
screen since these documents do not have a "(px of y)" appended.  Even
with documents that are more than one "page" long, I find the line
"comforting" since it gets me oriented at the top of the document.

My "view" of Lynx is a single, 24-line screen presented by my terminal
emulator.  I don't see any "frames."  Perhaps the title line needs to have
the same attributes as the status line?  Anyway, in this as with some other
of your modifications you assume that everyone sees Lynx the same as you do.

<rant>
Although I appear to be the rare minority, I can't understand the necessity
of putting such things into the general code base, ifdefed or otherwise.
Do you all need an example?  Interested parties, grep the source for
"EXP_JAPANESE_SPACE" and "FIX_JAPANESE_SPACES."  Don't you find it a bit
stupid to have all that ifdefing spaghetti?  For what?  Why not back the
rubbish out if you have no idea what it's for anyway?  Honestly it's an
embarrassment since I'm literally the only one in the world using it.
Nothing I couldn't maintain myself.
</rant>

__Henry

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