lynx-dev dev23+patch bug

[Larry W. Virden]

Platform: Solaris 2.5.1 SPARC Sun C compiler ncurses 4.2 + patches
thru this week, lynx 2.8.1.dev23 plus the patch for the break tag.

I go to <URL:http://www.altavista.digital.com/>.
I type in the search file

doc2.zip palm

and hit search.  I realize that's not exactly what I want.  I move the
cursor back to the search terms.  I use the left cursor to move back.  I
insert a "+ at the first of the line. The text is being shifted right.  
As I right arrow, I see that when the cursor hits the period the right arrow
doesn't move.  I hit the right arrow again and the period is overwritten with
the z.  Another right arrow and the z is overwritten with the i, etc.

Now, I try a new experiment.

I go to the end of the line.

I type abc.def 
I left arrow to the a, and type "+ .  I type ^L and the screen refreshes,
moving the cursor to the end of the line.  Everything is fine.  I left arrow
back to the a.  I then right arrow to the d.  The cursor 'skips' a beat
at the period as before.  I then type a g .  On the screen at this point I see
"+abcdgef .  I type ^L, when the screen refreshes I have +"abc.dgef .  So
this bug (which appeared 6 months or more ago in some part of lynx -
I think in the Goto URL code) has to do with what is being displayed, not
what is in actuality present on the line.
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