Re: lynx-dev "sticky" things, and a half-serious proposal

[Vlad Harchev]

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> 
> >   You still may be joking. Or at least  complete "conditions can be combined
> > section" or so.
> 
> I am not sure about that one.  It falls under "details may vary..."
 
  IMO combining options is somewhat excessive, and the actions are somewhat
non-orthogonal, not mutually exclusive (ie BEEP is the same as IGNORE, but
with bell, etc). When such doubts arise, this means that the option is
not properly designed.

> >   And I don't want to code all this then - may be you?
> 
> I am thinking about it.  (Apparently not everybody regards it as
> too ridiculously complex, which surprises me...)
> 
> Have you written something for LYForms.c beyond the example you had sent?

 No. But I feel that it is excessive - IMO old CONFIRM_PREV_DOC was much more
atomal and orthogonal. 

>    Klaus
> 

 Best regards,
  -Vlad