Re: [Lynx-dev] Invoking a lynx script

[Bela Lubkin]

Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Bela Lubkin wrote:
>
> > So for my original purpose (avoiding buffer-size-imposed line wrap in
> > "-dump" output) it might be better to kludge it.  Add a "-dont_wrap"
> > flag (following the example of "-dont_wrap_pre").  When inserting a
> > line break due to running out of buffer space, remember the reason;
> > when actually outputting it, if the reason was "out of space" rather
> > than "document said so", output the line without a trailing newline.
> > "-dont_wrap" would also set "-width" to the applicable max (so that the
> > "out of space, don't newline" path isn't exercised unnecessarily).
>
> hmm - but the dump is working from essentially the same data that would
> be displayed - and already subject to line-length.  I recall that lynx
> uses some special control characters to denote things like bold- and
> underline-, as well as something related to wrapping.  There may/may
> not be enough existing logic to make an option like that relatively
> simply to implement.

I looked at the wrap code scattered around GridText.c and HTML.c (plus
little bits in HTMLGen.c, SGML.c, LYCharUtils.c, LYCurses.c, LYMain.c)
and decided not to tread there...

There's way more than enough existing logic.  If it can be called that.
;-}

>Bela<