Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX reads "off" from .lynxrc set_cursor=on

[David Combs]

Is this a BUG?:

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> >I have show_cursor=on in my .lynxrc file, as you
> >can see down below.
> >
> >I also explicitly set -show_cursor on the command-line:
> [...]
> >
> >   192 # one which does not distingish the current link based on highlighting
> >    193 # or color.  A value of "on" will set positioning to the left as the
> >    194 # default while a value of "off" will set 'hiding' of the cursor.
> >    195 # The default can be overridden via the -show_cursor command line
> toggle.
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >    196 show_cursor=on
> 
> It's turned on in your .lynxrc, but then your command line switch is
> turning it off again.
> 
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> Greg Marr
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> 

It seems to work the way the response says, since
if I remove it from the command-line, it works ok.

Isn't it a BUG that the "=on" isn't caught and
COMPLAINED about?

Or, that the "=on" doesn't simply get processed
as if it WERE in .lynxrc.

Probably LOTS of people have been caught by this
one!

What IS the rule about options?  Are they allowed
to have value-args?

If not, then it must be caught, and an EXPLANATORY
MESSAGE (eg "options on the command merely REVERSE
  what is set up in your .lynxrc; and, they 
  may NOT have "=" following them.")
typed out.

David