lynx-dev help on envars (was too long)

[Philip Webb]

981206 Kim DeVaughn wrote: 
> On Mon, Dec 07, 1998, Henry Nelson (address@hidden) said:
>> Might not be a bad idea to take the whole section VII of INSTALLATION out
>> and put it in a help file.  The smaller INSTALLATION is, the better.
> Possibly, if folks don't mind having the information scattered about.

surely, help on envars doesn't belong in INSTALLATION!
that's just to tell people how to get Lynx working on their system.
 
> As for *user* access to the suplementary docs,
> I would be willing to bet that at installation time,
> *most* sysadmins don't bother with installing the extra docs
> via the install-doc step

let's everyone remember that nowadays many -- if not most -- users
compile & install their own Lynx on a PC or in a shell account;
there is still a bias in parts of Lynx documentation
towards its origin as software for anonymous users on a freenet.
 
> I leave decisions like whether to split-out section VII of INSTALLATION
> into a separate file, up to those who get $paid$ to make them ... Tom?
 
no-one has ever been paid anything for developing Lynx.

as for me, the obvious place for the list of envars is Users Guide,
which is always available to all users via on-line help;
other documents can refer to that list if necessary.

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