Re: lynx-dev saving-options problem

[Leonid Pauzner]

28-Jul-99 05:30 Philip Webb wrote:
> 990728 Doug Kaufman wrote:
>> 990728 Philip Webb wrote:
>>> when i start Lynx, the Option `Show Images' is set to `as labels'.
>>> if i change the setting to `ignore' -- which i want -- ,
>>> then mark an X in `Save Options to Disk', then enter `Accept Changes',
>>> the setting is changed properly, but ONLY for the session:
>>> when i have to restart Lynx next time, it's back to `as labels'.
>> Isn't this "MAKE_PSEUDO_ALTS_FOR_IMAGES" in lynx.cfg?

> there's no such choice in  lynx.cfg , which has  2  different choices:

> MAKE_LINKS_FOR_ALL_IMAGES:FALSE
> MAKE_PSEUDO_ALTS_FOR_INLINES:TRUE

> the former creates a link for each image encountered,
> the latter controls whether  [INLINE]  will be written if  ALT=  is missing;
> neither appears to create the `ignore' value of `Show Images'.

Surely, you cannot exclude text presented with ALT= text,
`ignore' selection just another name of a pair

 MAKE_LINKS_FOR_ALL_IMAGES:FALSE
 MAKE_PSEUDO_ALTS_FOR_INLINES:FALSE

I thought that a choice of `ignore', `show labels' and `show links' will be
more intuitive for user than two different options/hot keys.