Re: LYNX-DEV Temporary file names

[David Woolley]

> 
> Since you haven't yet include my patch to HTTCP.c to make lynx.exe work with
        ^^^
Who is "you" in this context?

> -D__CYGWIN32__, I suppose this suggestion may also face a delay, but here it
> is:
> 
> Under Windows 95/NT, there still are a goodly number of compatible 16-bit apps
> that work just fine as helper apps for lynx.exe.  Only problem is that you
> stick the process ID onto the names of TEMP files, which breaks the (8,3)
> file model for 16-bit apps.  I've gone through your code to remove getpid,
> but a more elegant approach would be to remove getpid entirely, as a relic
> of earlier times.

NT is certainly multi-tasking and 95 can also support multiple Lynx
windows; I would say that something is needed to make temporary filenames
guaranteed unique.  Incidentally, the central server dumb terminal model
is coming back into fashion; Microsoft have recently bought out a company
which had a product which multiplexes the NT GUI from a central server
across multiple Win 3.x machines.  (I think the name was Citrix.)

> 
> You might also get rid of the `.jpe' suffix, since noone uses it any more,
> and `.jpg' or `.jpeg' are the only remaining suffixes for jpegs.

I've never seen this used deliberately; like the use of htm, rather than
the more logical hml, I think it is the result of blind truncation of the
Unix form of the extension to 8.3 format.  As such, unless there is a more
likely use of it, I would favour retaining it.

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