Re: lynx-dev dev.28 and FORMS_OPTIONS problems

[dickey]

> 
> I just built and started testing dev.28 on DOS (using Leonid's patch 
> to allow it to compile), with slang and with EXP_FORMS_OPTIONS 
> declared. This is the first time in a while that I tried the 
> FORMS_OPTIONS. There seem to be several problems with the 
> implementation. Sorry I don't have any fixes. 
>  
> I note that the user agent does not revert to the standard string 
> automatically after a change. If the agent is spoofed, this may make 
> it harder to get back to the normal agent string. When the spoofed 
> agent is removed with ^U, the agent remains blank when the return key 
> is hit. The old menu put in the standard string if the field was left 
> blank. 
ok (bug).  I'd like to flush these out before declaring the two versions
of options menu compatible.

> The multibookmark option has to be changed in two cycles. When going 
> from off to on, the option to go to the multibookmark page doesn't 
> appear. The change needs to be saved, then the option menu invoked 
> again to get to the multibookmark page to set up the individual 
> bookmark files. The same problem happens when going the other way, to 
> multibookmarks off. 
>  
> There is a problem with the color option also, although it seems more 
> subtle. With slang and DOS, the option menu generally shows color 
> off as the default, even though color is supported. This is the same 
> as with the old menu. On the old menu, however, changes in the color 
> option seem to have no change in color rendition. With the new forms 
> menu, a change to off makes no change when initially accepted. If the 
> form is accepted a second time, however, the color for the active link 
> changes from color 6 to color 2. It goes back to color 6 when color is 
> changed back to ON in the menu and the form accepted. 
>  
> I am not sure that the forms-based option menu is ready for the 2.8.1 
> release. 
so far I think it's ok as 'experimental' (I'm using it).

> Doug Kaufman 

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