Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Win32 Lynx

[Hiram Lester, Jr.]

On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Wayne Buttles wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Hiram Lester, Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Chuckle... I presume this might actually be better in NT?  Maybe that's
> > why I've read that if you upgrade from '95 to NT you must reinstall all of
> > your software due to differences in the registry.
> 
> Hmm, maybe.  I only noticed it when I made a boo boo and sort of altered
> my file structure and then nothing worked.  I hopped into the registry and
> found it was because Win95 stores all associations as short file names.
> This REALLY made me mad because if it used LFNs then I would have been
> fine.

Yeah, the registry is nice since it allows multiple applications to be
associated with a file for different methods (viewing, editing, opening,
etc.), but I've heard that registry problems can be BIG problems.

You know, we may need a seperate list for the Win32 port. :)

> Either DDE can be learned, or in the future I can look up the format of
> .lnk and maybe use it as a redirect.  I will need help on that though
> since that is getting deep into the nether land of lynx hacking.

If DDE is possible, it would probably be the best thing to do since
hacking in the original files would break if MS decided to change the
format of the LNK files.

> Personally, I would really like non-blocking calls to work someday and I
> have actually found example source for an IRC client that does some.  Now
> I just gotta figure out what the heck it says. 

What exactly doesn't work?  I was able to interrupt a transfer with 'z'.
I started the transfer accidentally, and then hit 'z' to interrupt it, and
then realized that didn't work, but it DID work...

> > I'll bet it's due to the leading slash as I showed in my earlier
> > message. 
> 
> You win the invisable t-shirt.  That is the problem.  Now to figure out
> how to make that work at the same time as mail editing.

Well, I've never won an invisible T-shirt.  I don't think it would be a
good idea to wear that one to class. ;)  Speaking of mail, I just tried
setting it up, and can't get it to work.  I followed the instructions in
your note at the top of sendmail.txt, changing only the names (to protect
the innocent... ;) ).  When I go to edit a mail message, it edits
(example) H:\L-3388215TMP.txt, and then when it goes to send it, it tries
to send H:\TEMP/L-3388215TMP.txt.  It reports "Cannot access
H:\TEMP/L-33882".  My TEMP variable is set to H:/TEMP, so why is Lynx
using H:/ to create the file?  Even if I save it to the proper location, I
still get the unable to access, and the filename is only partially
displayed.  Is this a problem with long filenames, or a problem with
slashes, or none of the above?

                                        Baffled in Tennessee

P.S. I have no idea why I'm in such a goofy mood today. :)

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