Re: lynx-dev saving-options problem: how

[Philip Webb]

990728 Klaus Weide explained: 
> The three-way "Show images" selection in the forms menu page is
> just a combination of the two binary options whose lynx.cfg names
> you list above, and which can be controlled separately also with the
> IMAGE_TOGGLE ('*') and INLINE_TOGGLE ('[') key commands.
> 
> Correspondences:
> 
>  lynx.cfg                 dft.toggle  .lynxrc      variable in code
> =====================================================================
> MAKE_LINKS_FOR_ALL_IMAGES    '*'        N/I [*]    clickable_images
> MAKE_PSEUDO_ALTS_FOR_INLINES '['        N/I [*]    pseudo_inline_alts
> VERBOSE_IMAGES               none   verbose_images verbose_img
> 
> N/I = .lynxrc storing/reading not implemented
> [*] Old-style Options Menu: changing not implemented
>     Forms Options Menu: changing implemented,
>     combined into 3-way choice as follows:
> 
> "Show images" value                  effect
> ===========================================================================
>     "ignore"         clickable_images := FALSE, pseudo_inline_alts := FALSE
>     "as labels"      clickable_images := FALSE, pseudo_inline_alts := TRUE
>     "as links"       clickable_images := TRUE  (pseudo_inline_alts unchanged)
 
this is an excellent account of the state of this bit of Lynx,
which should be included asis in the documentation,
which is seriously defective at this point;
it should be added to Users Guide, with a pointer/link in Options Help.
can TD add these on his own or should KW/PW provide patches?

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