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lynx-dev [PATCH] corrections and additions for release page
From: |
Vlad Harchev |
Subject: |
lynx-dev [PATCH] corrections and additions for release page |
Date: |
Mon, 1 May 2000 14:30:47 +0500 (SAMST) |
Here is a patch (that includes my previous notes) to
http://lynx.isc.org/release/features.html.
Best regards,
-Vlad
--- features.htm-orig Mon May 1 13:26:17 2000
+++ features.html Mon May 1 14:04:44 2000
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
<li>add <code>FTP_PASSIVE</code> option to lynx.cfg, allowing installer to
defer decision of
whether lynx uses passive ftp connection
-<li>add colored source view for curses, command line option
- <code>--prettysrc</code>.
+<li>add colored source view (configure with <code>--enable-prettysrc</code>),
use command line option
+ <code>--prettysrc</code> to activate.
<li>added text justification, controlled by commandline switch
<code>-justify</code>.
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
wrapping in <pre> when <code>-dump</code>'ing and
<code>-crawl</code>'ing.
+<li>text inputs in forms can be made "non-sticky" (controlled by lynx.cfg
setting
+ <code>TEXTFIELDS_NEED_ACTIVATION</code>) - if enabled, they will accept
user's
+ input only after activation (by pressing Enter or left-arrow on them).
+
<li>add <code>-short_url</code> option to elide middle of long urls
that are displayed the status line.
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@
necessary but don't create an empty line, an keep list indentation.
<li>since DIV is a block element, make sure its contents
- don not get rendered inline, even for nested DIVs that don't change text
+ do not get rendered inline, even for nested DIVs that don't change text
alignment. Try to avoid improperly kept change of DIV styles' alignment
by a
<P> or </P> in its content
@@ -106,6 +110,11 @@
<code>--without-charsets</code> is selected, then it will use a 'minimal'
set. The
keyword 'minimal' is recognized as the list us-ascii,iso-8859-1,utf-8
+ <li>if configured with <code>--enable-charset-choice</code>, it's possible to
+ select which charsets are available for selection on the 'O'ptions page
+ (so you can compile in support for a lot of charsets, but make only few
+ available for selection).
+
<li>for confirmation prompts (HTConfirm), also accept English letters 'Y',
'y',
'N', 'n' as responses. If characters different from those are derived
from
the first letters of the translation of "yes" and "no" in a localized
lynx,
@@ -257,6 +266,10 @@
cookie files
<li>enhanced read-progress logic (a compile-time option).
+
+<li>it's possible to use dashes instead of underscrores in commandline options
+ (e.g. --dont-wrap-per and -dont_wrap_pre mean the same).
+
</ul>
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