Re: LYNX-DEV anyone know the solution to the problem with lynx 2-6FM and ftp directory sorting?

[Foteos Macrides]

address@hidden (Larry W. Virden, x2487) wrote:
>I am using lynx 2-6FM CHANGES as of 01-10-97.  I compiled it on a 
>SPARC/Solaris 2.4 using Sun's unbundled C compiler and the solaris2-ncurses
>Makefile action.
>
>When I access YYY lynx http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/
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                        ^^^^^
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>I see the following.  Notice that the directories are not sorted in order,
>even though, in my lynxrc file, I have:
>
># The file_sorting_method specifies which value to sort on when viewing
># file lists such as FTP directories.  The options are:
>#    BY_FILENAME -- sorts on the name of the file
>#    BY_TYPE     -- sorts on the type of the file
>#    BY_SIZE     -- sorts on the size of the file
>#    BY_DATE     -- sorts on the date of the file
>file_sorting_method=BY_DATE
>
>I was wondering if anyone knew of a solution.

        The "solution" is to wake up and think.  By what magic would
anyone expect Lynx to use it's ftp gateway for an http URL?!?!?

                                Fote

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