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Re: lynx-dev lynx and environment variable
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David Woolley |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx and environment variable |
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Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:02:36 +0100 (BST) |
> function call are in lower case, e.g., getenv("news_proxy"), instead
> of getenv("NEWS_PROXY"). I do not believe that VMS makes a
> Is it too late to change the code to user uppercase environment
> variables?
This specific environment variable is more general than Lynx. It is used
by proxying web servers and may well be used by Netscape. It's origins are
in the WWW Library, not Lynx. I would not be a good idea to change it.
(This applies to all the *_proxy variables.)