Re: lynx-dev Current rendering state info

[dickey]

> Since there are quite a few toggling commands that can affect the rendering 
> of documents, I sometimes can't recall just how I'm viewing things, if I've 
> been playing-around with the rendering. 
>  
> It would really be nice if the current settings could be reflected in the 
> statusline (as single character "flags"), and/or perhaps more descriptively 
> in the "=" info page, 

perhaps showing the character that you use for toggling.
  
> Also, having a command that would reset all the toggles to their startup 
> values would be convenient, at times. 
>  
> Has anyone considered doing anything like this?  Or am I perhaps overlooking 
> some obscure place where the current state *is* shown? 
>  
> I guess I'm mostly talking about: 
>  
> ^V          SWITCH_DTD    switch between two ways of parsing HTML 
> "           SOFT_DQUOTES  toggle valid vs. soft double-quote parsing 
> '           HISTORICAL    toggle historical vs. valid/minimal comment parsing 
> *           IMAGE_TOGGLE  toggle handling of all images as links 
> @           RAW_TOGGLE    toggle raw 8-bit translations or CJK mode ON or OFF 
> [           INLINE_TOGGLE toggle pseudo-ALTs for inlines with no ALT string 
> \           SOURCE        toggle source/presentation for current document 
> `           MINIMAL       toggle minimal vs. valid comment parsing 

or perhaps, show the current state of these in the options menu, as part
of the labels (aren't a couple of them set via options as well?).
  
>  
> On a somewhat different topic, having a runtime toggle to set/clear the 
> ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES state would be useful, I think.  Perhaps while others 
> are sorting-out the exact functionality of A_A_C, such a toggle could be 
> added ...? 
>  
> Comments? 
>  
> /kim 
>  
> PS: Happy New Year to all ...! 


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