Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX reads "off" from .lynxrc set_cursor=on

[Bela Lubkin]

Philip Webb wrote:

> exactly: nail well hit on head!
> `-show_cursor' really means `-hide cursor'!!
> 
> no, people shouldn't have to study the fine print in the instructions
> to find out that Lynx does something utterly counter-intuitive.
> i fully hear TD's point that it may be too complex to change before 2-8,
> but it really must be changed asap ("p" emphatic);
> at the minimum, the switch should be changed to `-toggle_cursor'.

The name of the switch should not be changed.

It's a known problem that Lynx has many "switches" which are actually
toggles.  This should eventually be fixed.  One proposed fix that just
went by was to allow them to accept an optional value:

  -show_cursor       -- toggles default
  -show_cursor=on    -- turns show_cursor on
  -show_cursor=off   -- turns show_cursor off

The original poster's problem would still have occurred, but (as several
people have pointed out) there's no way Lynx can fully compensate for
people who do not read the documentation.

>Bela<

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