Re: lynx-dev Incorrect centering

[Henry Nelson]

> Also, if you look at the block of code that I disabled, you will
> notice that there is a section in there which acts differently if
> SH_EX is defined (isn't that for Japanese?), and the SH_EX behavior
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Quite possibly not.  While "SH" does stand for Hiroyuki Senshu (first
name last name), many (most?) of his EXtensions were general improvements
to Lynx, especially in a Windows environment, and had nothing at all to
do with CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean).  In all, I think there were 50+
"improvements."  Why they were #ifdefed is that no one, myself included,
had the time to translate from Japanese to English what they all were.

Fairly recently I had Tom remove an SH_EX #ifdef making Mr. Senshu's
improved handling of long <title>s the default.  Actually, the #ifdefed
section was a fix for a bug that Fote himself had made a note of in the
code, but hadn't gotten around to working on.

> is different than the non-SH_EX behavior.  It's been awhile since I
> actually followed it through to see where the no_table_center variable
> is set, but I believe defining SH_EX will do basically what my patched
> version is doing.  I'm not sure why that section is #ifdef'ed for
> SH_EX, when it doesn't seem to have anything to do with what language

It probably shouldn't have been #ifdefed in the first place.  Chuck, rather
than have any more of those SH_EX #ifdefs than necessary, would you mind
investigating whether it does indeed solve your problem, and then give a
recommendation to Tom as to whether to remove it and keep your fix, or if
a better fix than yours, remove the #ifdefs and withdraw your patch of the
other day?  (Seems I need to qualify whatever I say these days, but in
all sincerity I intend no insult whatsoever.  In fact, quite the opposite,
I highly respect your ability to read the code and program in c.)

Just in general I'd recommend that active developers of Lynx try a version
of Lynx with SH_EX defined.  While some #ifdefed sections are indeed
personal preferences, for the most part I think you'll find Lynx gives you
a more pleasing ride.

__Henry

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