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Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd.
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David Combs |
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Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd. |
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Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:16:07 -0800 (PST) |
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> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:24:30 -0800
> From: Michael Warner <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd.
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> On or about Wed, Jan 28, 1998, Philip Webb <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > 980128 David Combs wrote:
> > > The Q cmd should require a full "y e s" spelled out.
> > -- snip --
> > > Instead of typing H to go back, you hit qdp --
> > > oops, you are OUT, lynx is gone.
> >
> > using 2-7 without checking my lynx.cfg , i tested what happens.
> > having gone to some page, i enter q (lower-case),
> > Lynx replies (roughly) "do you really want to quit? type y to exit",
> > i enter d (lower-case), Lynx says "Excellent!!!" (puzzled look),
> > then returns the usual information line,
> > i enter p (lower-case), Lynx presents the print menu,
> > i enter Q (upper-case) -- like normal to quit -- & Lynx quits at once.
> >
> > so what's the problem?
>
> >From userdefs.h:
>
> /********************************
> * If QUIT_DEFAULT_YES is defined then when the QUIT command is
> * entered,
> * any response other than n or N will confirm. Comment this out if
> * you prefer the more conservative action of requiring an explicit
> * Y or y to confirm.
> */
> #define QUIT_DEFAULT_YES
>
> ...so your spelled-out "y-e-s" preference isn't currently available,
> but if you can build your own, or prevail upon whomever supplies your
> copy to rebuild, with the change in userdefs.h, it should solve the
> immediate problem.
>
> --
> Michael Warner
> <address@hidden>
>
Please: why in the world is this a COMPILE-TIME
option???????
This is exactly the kind of thing that should
be a USER-selectable option -- because different
USERS will want this set differently.
Just my opinion -- hope someone who commonly hacks
lynx will change it!
THANKS!
- LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd., David Combs, 1998/01/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd., Jan Hlavacek, 1998/01/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd., Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/01/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd., Matt Ackeret, 1998/01/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd., Michael Warner, 1998/01/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV: require actual YES for "Q" cmd., Philip Webb, 1998/01/29