Re: LYNX-DEV [patch] New version of current URL editing

[Foteos Macrides]

"Tomasz J. Cholewo" <address@hidden> wrote:
>David Combs wrote:
>
>> The obvious response: why not simply "..", with "normal" g?
>
>It is not so obvious as normally '..' would be interpreted by starting
>DIRED in the directory below current.  It doesn't look likely to be used
>too often, though, so I decided to implement it this way.
>
>The following patch (against the Feb 9 prerelease) replaces both my
>previous patches and allows current URL editing by pressing arrow down
>after 'g' and going to the "parent" document by typing ".." after 'g'.

        On both Unix and VMS, 'g' followed by a ".." entry yields
a directory listing for the parent of the current default directory,
and a "." entry yields a directory listing for the current default.
On VMS, "[-]" and "[]" also yield those listings, respectively.  It's
not surprising that David didn't know that, even after using Lynx for
all this time, but those are extremely convenient features (at least,
to some of us 8-), which should not be defeated by your patch.

        Also, did you miss in the documentation, in the reminder posted
recently to this list, and in the cover page for the v2.7 pre-release,
that patches should be posted as context diffs (diff -c)?

        I'm still thinking about how to offer "current URL editing",
and since it entails the same security considerations as 'g'oto,
having it available via that command means that the security settings
would already be in place, but it shouldn't defeat existing features.

                                Fote

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