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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
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), (continued)
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/06
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/07
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Philip Webb, 1999/01/07
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/07
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/08
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Michael Warner, 1999/01/09
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Larry W. Virden, 1999/01/09
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/09
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Bela Lubkin, 1999/01/09
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/09
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated),
Serge MUNHOVEN <=
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/10
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Bela Lubkin, 1999/01/10
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), pg, 1999/01/11
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), dickey, 1999/01/11
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Mike Castle, 1999/01/10
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/10
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Mike Castle, 1999/01/13
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), dickey, 1999/01/11
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/01/10