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Re: LYNX-DEV hodge-podge of topics (was Lynx updates)
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Klaus Weide |
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Re: LYNX-DEV hodge-podge of topics (was Lynx updates) |
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Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:35:28 -0600 (CST) |
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Foteos Macrides wrote:
> Klaus Weide <address@hidden> wrote:
> >On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Foteos Macrides wrote:
> >
> >> I am still disappointed that the unicode handling you volunteered,
> >> and were working on, was left as a hodge-podge of mods to an old FM code
> >> set instead of a clean, up to date, distributable supplement to the v2.6
> >> release, when I announced, in early Sept., that I wasn't starting another
> >> FM code set, and that people should bring their patches and supplements
> >> up to date with the v2.6 release.
> >
> >Believe me, I am not happy about the state of that. But if you were
> >expecting from me a "clean, up to date, distributable supplement", done
> >by me alone, then you were expecting to much.
>
> Nobody could do that, at present. But why not bring what you
> *have* done "up to date" with the v2.6 release (plus Composite, at this
> point, I guess), as a complete file set, that those who know at least
> something about it can work on further?
OK. I'll do that.
[ SNIPping myself.. too long to repeat..]
> >Now, the capitalized "YOU" in the last paragraph doesn't have to be
> >"Foteos Macrides, as project leader". It could be FM, as an expert
> >on the Lynx code in the best position to know and discuss. It could
> >also be "you Lynx developers and hackers". It's up to YOU to answer. :)
>
> The "YOU" can't continue being just "Foteos Macrides" indefinitely,
I know.
> If you make available an "up to date" file set that actually works on
> your system, I'll certainly try it on mine too.
OK. That's more than I had before.
> If it's miles from
> anything that could be make to work on VMS, I'll probably pass on getting
> actively involved, but you had indicated that it would be "portable" code,
> not Unix-specific.
Yes.
(Reminds me that I'll have to remove those filenames with more than one
dots..)
[..]
> You shouldn't try to do it all "on your own". But something,
> somehow, has to spark a true "Lynx User Community" *development* effort.
> Maybe this will provide that spark. Maybe it won't. Give it a shot.
I try to do my part.
Klaus
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