LYNX-DEV Display of ftp sites

[Ismael Cordeiro]

Sometime ago, between 2-6 and 2-7, the display of ftp sites with ".message"
files became kind of weird. The display was


Current directory is /users/ismael/cpm/crr

   Up to cpm
  __________________________________________________________________________

crr0160.lzh  - Latest version of CRR, an offline reader supporting QWK and
             - XRS formats. You'll also need a text editor, archivers and
             - unarchivers.
crrpatch.com - Patch for correcting a bug in CRR 1.60 which displays some
             - incorrect dates.
  __________________________________________________________________________

Feb 27 16:59  text/plain       .message  283 bytes
Nov  2 16:07  lzh              crr0160.lzh  53Kb
Jan 28  1994  cpm_file         crrpatch.com  8Kb


and became


Current directory is /users/ismael/cpm/crr

   Up to cpm
  __________________________________________________________________________
crr0160.lzh  - Latest version of CRR, an offline reader supporting QWK and
             - XRS formats. You'll also need a text editor, archivers and
             - unarchivers.
crrpatch.com - Patch for correcting a bug in CRR 1.60 which displays some
             - incorrect dates.
  __________________________________________________________________________
Feb 27 16:59  text/plain       .message  283 bytes
Nov  2 16:07  lzh              crr0160.lzh  53Kb
Jan 28  1994  cpm_file         crrpatch.com  8Kb


This patch corrects the problem:

*** lynx2-8/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTFTP.c.orig     Fri Feb 27 11:25:08 1998
--- lynx2-8/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTFTP.c  Tue Mar 17 08:06:31 1998
***************
*** 2555,2563 ****
--- 2555,2565 ----
        if (help_message_cache_non_empty()) {
            START(HTML_PRE);
            START(HTML_HR);
+           PUTS("\n");
            PUTS(help_message_cache_contents());
            init_help_message_cache();  /* to free memory */
            START(HTML_HR);
+           PUTS("\n");
        } else {
            START(HTML_PRE);
            PUTS("\n");


Ismael

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