Re: LYNX-DEV my problem 'solved'

[Foteos Macrides]

address@hidden (Larry W. Virden, x2487) wrote:
>Interesting turn of events.  I found what my problem with the
>patched up lynx-dev was.  Patch 7 set MAXLINKS to 1!   This MUST
>be fixed - it really hoses folk up.  If the problem is that the patch
>is backwards, then that needs to be fixed.  Otherwise, the file
>needs fixed.

        Note that Patch 7 was placed in the "development" category.
The Composite still sets MAXLINKS to 256, and the buffer overrun
"fix" is just to ignore any links beyond that, if there are more in
one page display.  You can use the two-line or half-page up or down
keys to get at the additional links, should anyone ever again pack
more than that many links into a single page display.  Since the
overwhelming majority of Lynx users are navigating via arrow keys,
not a mouse, that would be a nightmare page anyway.

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