Re: lynx-dev Missing section in lynx.cfg

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Doug Kaufman wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Doug Kaufman wrote:
>
> > It looks like the lynx.cfg file for dev.16 is missing the section for
> > "FORCE_COOKIE_PROMPT". LYReadCFG.c is set to read the value, but I don't
> > see the section in the default lynx.cfg. Do we need to add this (perhaps
> > right before or after FORCE_SSL_PROMPT)? I didn't submit a patch since I
>
> Actually, I have a question about the implementation of these options.
> The text in lynx.cfg for FORCE_SSL_PROMPT says that the choices are YES,
> NO, and PROMPT. I can't seem to find these choices in the source code.
> It looks like the choices might actually be YES, NO, and DEFAULT. I had
> some trouble following the code, so I am not sure about this. Where is
> the choice "PROMPT" implemented?

You're right - it should read "DEFAULT".  I recall doing a couple of
revisions to the logic (to allow FORCE_COOKIE_PROMPT and FORCE_SSL_PROMPT
to share definitions), and apparently forgot to update the wording in
lynx.cfg to match the code.

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Thomas E. Dickey
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