Re: lynx-dev DIRED for DOS [patch]

[dickey]

> I tested 2.8.3dev.2 on DOS with DJGPP. The integration of the DOS 
> dired patch had a few problems. The changes to the LYonedot function 
> cause a failure when the directory name has an extension (i.e. 
> when trying to zip directory "test.dir" the name for the zip file, 
> "test_dir.zip" is fine, but it tries to zip the directory "test_dir" 
> which doesn't exist). The changes to LYDownload.c (which were 
> submitted as a separate patch) didn't get integrated, so manipulating 

sorry (I recall seeing that, but missed it when looking for things I hadn't
added).

> a local file via download isn't working in DOS. The changes in 
> LYLocal.c to remove "the_command" and replace it with "tmpbuf" make 
> an alert showing the command line appear on the screen with each file 
> manipulation. I put "the_command" back as a fix for this. "lstat" 
> is now defined in tcp.h, so the definition in HTFile.c causes a 
> redefinition error on compiling. 
ok (I overlooked that - there were 2 definitions)
  
> I made a change in the test for stat() failure, since DJGPP's stat 
> can fail with any non-zero result. Also included is a minor spelling 
> correction for lynx.cfg. 
>  
> I think that the following patch fixes the above, but as always check 
> these carefully. 

thanks

>           _statusline(tmpbuf); 
>           stop_curses(); 
> -         printf("%s\n", tmpbuf); 
> +         printf("%s\r\n", tmpbuf); 

is this needed? - I thought that the modes would be changed so a \n would
work properly at this point

>           LYSystem(buffer); 

> Doug Kaufman 
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