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Re: lynx-dev default bookmark file
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev default bookmark file |
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Thu, 5 Dec 2002 15:33:40 -0500 |
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On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:24:24PM -0800, Carlton Anderson wrote:
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> I wanted to change my default bookmark file
> to ~/.lynx/lynx_bookmarks.html; however, I
> had some problems doing this.
>
> Changing the value for DEFAULT_BOOKMARK_FILE
> in lynx.cfg doesn't work, because the value
> is over-written when ~/.lynxrc is read.
I don't recall this before - perhaps it's only an issue if you're
not using multibookmarks...
> To clarify things for other users, I suggest
> the following things:
>
> * A comment should be added to the default lynx.cfg
> in the DEFAULT_BOOKMARK_FILE section:
> "The path to the default bookmark file specified
> in the (O)tions menu overrides the value specified
> here."
>
> * A comment _might_ be added to the comments section
> of .lynxrc:
> "To specify a directory _under_ your home directory,
> prepend './' to the path, for example:
> ./BM/lynx_bookmarks.html"
>
> * The (O)ptions screen suggests that the default
> bookmark file option is one of the options that
> won't be saved to disk, but it will be saved.
Most of those won't-be-saved items are optional (see ENABLE_LYNXRC).
I didn't notice this particular one when I implemented that;
would have been nice if these two items had the same name (which
would allow integrating them better).
> * The (O)ptions screen needs to have a way to
> tell the user that if he or she wants to
> put the bookmarks file in a subdirectory
> of the home directory, "./" must be prepended
> to the path.
>
> I'm using lynx2.8.5dev11.
>
>
> Carlton
>
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