Re: lynx-dev LYNX: hey, guys: Just what are we gonna *DO*?

[Vlad Harchev]

On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> > 
> > On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 10:03:45PM +0500, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> > > >  You should use a commandline option:
> > > > 
> > > > links -g
> > > >         to start it in X (and some other switch to start it with 
> > > > SVGAlib).
> > > >  Default mode is text mode.
> > > 
> > > hmm (running links -g)
> > 
> >  I'm impressed by your ignorance of links :)
> 
> no need - I've been very busy.  And seeing 2.1pre's manpage begins with this
> 
>        links  is  a text mode WWW browser with ncurses interface,
>                                                ^^^^^^^
>        supporting colors,  correct  table  rendering,  background
>        downloading,  menu driven configuration interface and slim
>        code.
> 
> It goes on to claim that it recognizes file:// URLs which also is incorrect
> (I just checked that with 0.98 and 2.1pre).

 Dunno, at least in the 'g' dialog file:// URLs work just fine in 2.0pre6.
 
> I tend to ignore the rest of the so-called documentation (I pointed that out
> more than once over the past few years - I see that 0.98 finally fixed that).
> 
> The "-g" option isn't in the manpage anyway, and it appears that the way to
> determine what the program does is to read the source code...

  Running  'links --help' spits out a usable help (mentioning '-g'), including
a list of keystrokes..
  
> >  Nope, they embedded fonts into executable in order not to store them as
> > external files (MSish ways - all in one).
> 
> ("reliable monolithic design")
> 
> more apt:
> 
> "beauty is only skin-deep"

 :)

 Best regards,
  -Vlad


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