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Re: lynx-dev Re: Vlad's suggestions
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Re: Vlad's suggestions |
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Sun, 7 Mar 1999 11:00:17 -0500 (EST) |
> On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Philip Webb wrote:
> >
> > > * regular expression search (preferably ERE), case sensitive and
> > > insensitive
> > >
> > > this would be useful.
>
> It's amazing how long lynx has been able to exist without any form of
> regular expressions :).
>
> Adding support would be useful for some, but looks non-trivial (compared
> to the very lynx-specific way searches are done). I bet it would also add
> more complexity to ./configure and the various other platforms' compilation
> procedure.
it would - not all platforms have regular expressions (some older ones
have them available in a broken form; at least one that I built my directory
editor with - using -regular expressions - has a symbol that conflicts with
the curses library). There are a handful of portable libraries (let's _not_
bundle those with lynx), but they have assorted problems and incompatibilities.
> I'd like to have it, if somebody does all the work. :)
likewise (I'll help integrate ;-)
>
> > > * ESC closes 'option list'
> > >
> > > LeftArrow does it already as easily.
> >
> > It's convenient for GUIs and UIs to interpret ESC (or double ESC) as
> > closing current element of dialog or dialog itself. May be it will be
> > useful for novice users.
>
> Probably wouldn't work consistently across platforms - might be useful
> for those where it does, but would set a new precedent, a naked ESC doesn't
> do anything useful *anywhere* in lynx.
^G does fine for me as a generic cancel in lynx.
> Klaus
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