Re: lynx-dev Re: STARTFILE patch

[Leonid Pauzner]

14-Apr-99 08:40 Philip Webb wrote:
> or the message could be hard-coded, like the Print screen: eg

>                   Start File Inaccessible

>   Lynx is unable to access your start file <a>...</a>:
>   you can try your start file again by pressing Enter
>   or you can go on with your Lynx session with any Lynx command
>   -- e.g. `g'oto , `h'elp or `v'iew bookmarks --
>   or you can quit Lynx with `q' or `Q' (unconditional).

> LP has supported various options at various times:
> can he do the necessary bit of programming?
> or can someone tell me where to look for a start?

This is not a programming problem, to get a consensus is.
I would rather prefer to correct exit messages
with a hint of what happend and what can to do.
Say:
- incorrect startfile URL syntax;
- local file not found;
- DNS lookup failure;
- interrupted by user;
- internal error (!)
 etc.