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Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings"
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings" |
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Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:40:50 -0400 (EDT) |
> to follow up on what Nelson Henry Eric said:
>
> > On the info page there is a link "compile time settings":
> > Linkname: Configuration Definitions
> > URL: file://localhost/home/kyoin/nelsonhe/L8681-2TMP.html
> >
> > I can't really see as how it's going to benefit anyone except
> > someone who understands programming. Seems to me it could be
> > off by default.
>
> Anyone who tries to understand the operation of lynx.cfg and
> .lynxrc can benefit from this information. It really helps to
> know what the program is supposed to do if you say nothing.
> Since that may vary from binary to binary, the distributed help
> files can't tell you this information, and the generated
> information sub-page is needed.
also (I agree that the names don't seem very understandable) the generated
page does have the advantage of requiring little maintainance (when the
topic first came up I thought it'd have to be something as in vim or ncftp,
which is a hand-crafted maze of ifdef's).
however - responding to Henry's concern - it might be something that we
may consider disabling in anonymous mode, since each user gets that little
5kb file. (if you have a _lot_ of users that adds up).
> Al
>
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Thomas E. Dickey
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- lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/09/23
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings",
dickey <=
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", dickey, 1998/09/23
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/09/23
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/09/23
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/09/23
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", Leonid Pauzner, 1998/09/24
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", dickey, 1998/09/24
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", dickey, 1998/09/24
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/09/24
- Re: lynx-dev what is "compile time settings", dickey, 1998/09/25