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LYNX-DEV HTML-centric man page confuses users for -source and -dump


From: Bruce R. Lewis
Subject: LYNX-DEV HTML-centric man page confuses users for -source and -dump
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 15:59:27 -0400

A user who *had* read the lynx man page submitted a bug locally about
-dump not doing the right thing for .pdf files.  "Formatted
output" can easily be taken as the opposite of "plaintext output",
making a user think -dump will preserve the file format.

This patch clears things up.

Index: lynx/lynx.man
diff -c lynx/lynx.man:1.1.1.4 lynx/lynx.man:1.2
*** lynx/lynx.man:1.1.1.4       Tue May 13 15:03:49 1997
--- lynx/lynx.man       Mon May 19 15:49:35 1997
***************
*** 108,114 ****
  .B -dump
  dumps the formatted output of the default document or one
  specified on the command line to standard out. 
! This can be used in the following way:
  lynx -dump http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html.
  .TP
  .B -editor\fR=\fIEDITOR
--- 108,114 ----
  .B -dump
  dumps the formatted output of the default document or one
  specified on the command line to standard out. 
! This can be used to get plaintext from HTML in the following way:
  lynx -dump http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html.
  .TP
  .B -editor\fR=\fIEDITOR
***************
*** 381,388 ****
  The command line switch toggles the default.
  .TP
  .B -source
! works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of
! formatted text.
  .TP
  .B -startfile_ok
  allow non-http startfile and homepage with -validate.
--- 381,387 ----
  The command line switch toggles the default.
  .TP
  .B -source
! works the same as dump but does not convert to plain text.
  .TP
  .B -startfile_ok
  allow non-http startfile and homepage with -validate.
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