LYNX-DEV 2-7 bug: remove bookmark

[Philip Webb]

970127 i wrote:
> there's a bug in 2-6 with the  r  command to remove a bookmark.
> having  22  numbered links in my bookmark file, i wanted to remove [21]:
> placing the hi-lite there i entered  r  & replied Yes when asked to confirm.
> the bookmark removed was in fact [22].
>
> the sensible thing of course is to exit Lynx & use my regular editor,
> but either  r  should work correctly or it shouldn't be there.

970127 (after a response) i wrote:
> i'm using 2-6 (compiled successfully by me) with SGI UNIX IRIX 5.3 .
> this happened once before.  i just repeated it as a test:
> with  21  bookmarks i moved to [11], entered  r  , answered the query
> & lo-&-behold [12] disappeared, leaving the hi-lite on the same [11] !
> the next question has to be: how exactly does Lynx delete entries?
> does it make assumptions about the editor to be used?

970127 Audin Malmin wrote:
> Lynx does this to me quite often...

970127 Fote wrote: 
> The bookmark support has been massively rewritten.  There's no
> point in discussing any bugs in the Sept. 96 release, 'cuz it's obsolete
> at this point.  Check out the current code with SGI UNIX IRIX 5.3 before
> that's officially released.

-- so having compiled 2-7 successfully, i just checked it out
   & the same thing happened again: with 22 bookmarks in the file
   & the hilite on [21] i entered  r
   & (after confirmation) [22] was deleted.
-- this is non-trivial: no backup file is created
   & someone who relies on the bookmark file with no other record
   could delete an important bookmark.
-- as i said before: either  r  should work correctly
   or it shouldn't be there.
-- oh, and while the subject is raised,
   WHY doesn't Lynx create a backup bookmark file after deleting an item
   (it does -- since 2-6 -- respect UNIX  noclobber  when downloading) ?
   
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