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Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY"
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Philip Webb |
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Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY" |
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Wed, 14 Jul 1999 10:28:01 -0400 (EDT) |
On Bastille Day, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:
>> We agree the current/ancient implementation of 'style stack' is incomplete.
>> its use in HTML.c is inconsistent, a mess & nearly incomprehensible.
>> So I don't blame you for working around it a/a cleaning it up.
>> But working-around for a specific purpose makes things more complicated
>> & is probably how the mess came into existence in the first place.
> Yes, seems lynx development is turned into lynx hacking IMO:
> code is badly documented, nobody wishes to spent a lot of time on it.
i'm delighted to see two of our senior programmers agreeing
on something i've been grumbling about for a long time.
>> Cleaning up style usage in HTML.c isn't really revolutionary
>> and wouldn't have immediately noticeable effects
>> so it's not an attractive project, but *someone* should do it...
> Yes, there are a lot of things in lynx someone should do..
what it probably needs is more mutual encouragement
when people do occasionally undertake the more mundane tasks,
with a generally higher priority for `customer service'
a/a exclusive concentration on `R & D'.
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- Re: lynx-dev patch, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev patch, David Woolley, 1999/07/13
- Re: lynx-dev patch, Vlad Harchev, 1999/07/13
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", Klaus Weide, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", Vlad Harchev, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", Klaus Weide, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", Vlad Harchev, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY",
Philip Webb <=
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", mattack, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", T.E.Dickey, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", mattack, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", T.E.Dickey, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", David Combs, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", mattack, 1999/07/14
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", David Combs, 1999/07/15
- Re: lynx-dev patch - "JUSTIFY", Peter Wright, 1999/07/15
- lynx-dev code indentation style (was "JUSTIFY") - warning, "religious" topic..., Klaus Weide, 1999/07/14
- lynx-dev change to status line, Eduardo Chappa L., 1999/07/14