Re: LYNX-DEV two suggestions submitted

[Hynek Med]

On Sun, 11 May 1997, Jim Spath (Webmaster Jim) wrote:

> >   2. Allow command-line toggles to be given as absolute values.
> >      Toggles such as "-show_cursor" mean "toggle the show_cursor flag
> >      vs. what's in the lynx.cfg I am using".  If the system
> >      administrator changes lynx.cfg, the user who was overriding it
> >      suddenly gets the opposite behavior.  Add the ability to say
> >      "-show_cursor+" and "-show_cursor-", to turn the flag *on* or *off*
> >      regardless of what's in lynx.cfg.
> 
> Too cryptic?  How about (as new "long" options):
> 
> --show_cursor=on | --show_cursor=off 
> --show_cursor on | --show_cursor off

What about +show_cursor or -show_cursor? It's shorter, but doesn't leave
-show_cursor behave as a toggle for compatibility..

Hynek

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