Re: lynx-dev Show Cursor Feature

[Suleman Currim]

Hi Michael, 

     Thank you for quoting the Lynx Version 2.7.1f options menu 
that appears on your system.  

     Interestingly, although my ISP, Toronto Free-Net, carries 
the same version of Lynx, here's is what appears when I type "o" 
to access the Lynx options menu:  


Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.7.1f)
S)earching type: CASE INSENSITIVE
preferred document lan(G)uage: en
preferred document c(H)arset : NONE
display (C)haracter set: ISO Latin 1V)
I keys: ON
e(M)acs keys: ON
popups for selec(T) fields   : ON
K)eypad mode: Links are numbered
li(N)e edit style: Default Binding
U)ser mode: Advanced
Select capital letterof option line, '>' to save, or 'r' to 
return to Lynx.


     Comparing the options menu given above with the one you have 
sent me, you will notice that although your ISP and mine carry 
the same version of Lynx, the options menu on my system is much 
smaller than the one on yours.  Mine does not even mention "show 
cursor".  

     Should I, perhaps, use a different command to access the 
full selection of options that appears on your system?  Would 
changing one or more of the choices in my menu give me the full 
range of menu selections?  

     I would appreciate information by e-mail.  Thanks.  

                            Regards, 

                         Suleman Currim 

                        address@hidden 
                               or 
                   address@hidden 


On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Michael Warner wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 05, 1998, Suleman Currim <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>       [...]
> 
> >      Since posting the inquiry, I have learned that my Internet 
> > service provider's system carries Lynx version 2.7.1f.  Its 
> > options menu has no provision for activation of the "show cursor" 
> > feature.
> 
> Actually, that version does have "show cursor" in the
> options menu.  That's the same version that they have
> installed here at WSU.
> 
>               Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.7.1f)
> 
>      E)ditor                      : vim
>      D)ISPLAY variable            : NONE
>      mu(L)ti-bookmarks: ADVANCED  review/edit B)ookmarks files
>      F)TP sort criteria           : By Filename
>      P)ersonal mail address       : address@hidden
>      S)earching type              : CASE INSENSITIVE
>      preferred document lan(G)uage: en
>      preferred document c(H)arset : NONE
>      display (C)haracter set      : ISO Latin 1
>      Raw 8-bit or CJK m(O)de      : ON
>      V)I keys: ON     e(M)acs keys: OFF     sho(W) dot files: ON
>      popups for selec(T) fields   : ON      show cursor (@) : OFF
>                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^
> 
>       [...]
> 
> "This historical interlude brought to you by ...."
> 
> -- 
> Michael Warner 
> <address@hidden>
>