Re: lynx-dev Wishlist item: semi-persistent session cookies

[Philip Webb]

020110 Ian Collier wrote:
> I'd like some way of not losing session cookies
> when I use "lynx -source" to retrieve a web page.

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> Just before each cookie is stored, if -session_cookie_timeout=N is set
> and the cookie has no Expires flag, a "Max-age=N" attribute is imagined:
> the Expires flag is set, and the time of expiration set
> to N seconds from now.  I've tried this out and it works, but I haven't
> supplied code as it's probably better done by the Lynx developers.

that's NOT how Lynx development works!
you need to supply your code in `patch -u' format:
TD will test it & add it to the next .dev version if it seems useful.
if he doesn't take it up, you can debate the point further via lynx-dev.

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