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Re: lynx-dev Dired_support under MSDOS
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Dired_support under MSDOS |
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Wed, 28 Apr 1999 05:16:04 -0400 (EDT) |
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 address@hidden wrote:
>
> > > this looks as if it would be useful, if it works, but no-one commented:
> > > did it get overlooked? TD? DK?
> >
> > I didn't overlook it; it looks like it needs some work (some of the ifdef's
> > and the workaround for lstat, for instance). So I'll hold it until DK or
> > LP
> > does check it.
>
> I'll try to look at this when I get a chance to build the new version.
> I haven't built any since dev.21. I can try to see if it works, but as
> you know, I don't know C, so if there are problems I can just stumble
> around for a while looking for the solution. I am not sure that there
> is a great need for dired functionality under DOS, since it is simple
> to shell out and invoke a program like LIST to do this easily. As long
> as it doesn't add to bloat of the lynx executable, or increase the
> chance that someone will accidentally delete a file, it is reasonable
> to try to make the DOS functionality match the unix version.
thanks. I have djgpp, but haven't tried building lynx with it since
I don't think I've got the libraries for network card (though dired isn't
a problem).
> Doug
> __
> Doug Kaufman
> Internet: address@hidden (preferred)
> address@hidden
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