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

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 01:37:21PM +0500, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> > 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.

from the command-line, of course.
  
> > 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..

now if they could only get around to writing a manpage for it...

The manpage does say:

       -help  Print a help screen.
 
but it's customary for the documentation to have some relationship to the code.

> > >  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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