Yet fixed?: Re: lynx-dev some problems in 2-8-4rel.1

[David Combs]

I'm advising my isp to upgrade from 2.8.3 -- at least
to make *available* -- so we, too, can test this stuff
for lynx-dev.

What (today -- this bug below is aug2001) would be a
good, safe version to upgrade to?

Thanks!

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 04:04:36PM +0900, Hataguchi Takeshi wrote:
> I tried Lynx 2-8-4rel.1 and found some problems in it.
> 
>   1. I couldn't follow the 2nd (shonai College), 3rd (Japanese
>     Edition) and the 4th (Student's Pictures) link in 
>     http://www.shonai-cit.ac.jp/ibm/index.htm
>     when EXP_NESTED_TABLES is defined.
> 
>     # I could follow them when nested-table parsing off.
> 
> 
>   2. Some extra dots ('.') are appeared when edit TEXTAREA using
>     external editor with Lynx for Win32.
> 
>     example: 
>     ---- input string by external editor from here ----
>     foo
>     bar
>     ---- input string by external editor until here ----
> 
>     ---- output string to the TEXTAREA from here ----
>     foo.
>     bar.
>     .
>     .
>     .
>     ---- output string to the TEXTAREA until here ----
> 
> 
>   3. Directory listing is strange with Lynx for Win32.
> 
>     example:
>     -------------------- $B$3$3$+$i(B --------------------
>     Current directory is d:\home\patakuti\
> 
>         Mail/
>         News/
>            1K Jun 19  1997 RMAIL
>         bin/
>         cmd/
>         etc/
>           13K May 05  1999 lynx.rc
>            2K Jul 29 22:59 lynx_bookmarks.html
>            1K Sep 23  2000 mailcap
>            2K Sep 23  2000 mime.types
>         public_html/
>            2K Nov 08  2000 rogue.scores
>         tmp/
>     -------------------- $B$3$3$^$G(B --------------------
> 
> 
>   4. Searching the word "foo" in the attached file "home.txt"
>     and then Lynx would hung up.
> 
>     # Lynx seems to hung up in text mode or source mode more
>     # frequently than in html presentation mode.
> 
> 
>   5. Editting the local file by pressing 'e' and exitted the
>     editor, and then Lynx would show almost blank page except
>     the currently selected link.
> --
> Takeshi Hataguchi
> E-mail: address@hidden



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