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Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated


From: Serge MUNHOVEN
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:13:38 +0100

On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 07:00:36PM -0800, Kim DeVaughn wrote:
 >  On Sat, Jan 09, 1999, Bela Lubkin (address@hidden) said:
 >  |
 >  | Kim DeVaughn wrote:
 >  | >
 >  | > The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward having an
 >  | > "editor backup extension" line in the .lynxrc file.  That seems to be
 >  | > the "right thing" to do, and *then* if the user doesn't care about
 >  | > setting the field ... well, I'm not into baby-sitting either.  I've at
 >  | > least tried to make the app well-behaved (plus given someone another
 >  | > opportunity to say "rtfm", somewhere down the road ... :-) ...).
 >  |
 >  | Suppose you make a subdirectory in TMP_SPACE.  Put the file-to-be-edited
 >  | in that subdirectory, chdir*() to it, and spawn the editor.  All editors
 >  | that I know of write their backup files to the same directory as the
 >  | file being edited, or at very worst, to the current directory.  On
 >  | return from the editor, delete *all* files in that subdirectory.
 >  
 >  Hmmm.  That's an idea, though it seems a bit overly "complex" at first
 >  glance.  Also, how portable would that be ... I'm thinking specifically
 >  about VMS, about which I know almost nothing?
 >  
 >  Certainly worth a "second glance" though, and I'll keep it in mind.
 >  
What about creating a subdirectory (e.g. with a name derived from the PID) in
TMP_SPACE and chdir to it right at the startup of lynx. You would only have to
remove it all at once when shutting down ?  This would apply to all temporary
files created, not only edited textareas. I used to do this in shell wrappers
around programs.

Thanks for the patches Kim (though I've yet to try them out ASAP ...)

 - Serge 

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