lynx-dev LYNX: the L-page: example of usefulness

[David Combs]

Look at this output from the L-page:


                                                           List Page (p1 of 2)
   
                                               List Page (Lynx Version 2.8.2de
   
   References in http://www.mutt.org/manual.html
   
     * [1]next
     * [2]next
     * [3]mailto:address@hidden
     * [4]next
     * [5]in next - ss1.1
     * [6]in next - ss1.2
     * [7]in next - ss1.3
     * [8]in next - ss1.4
     * [9]in next - ss1.5
     * [10]in next - ss1.6
     * [11]http://www.mutt.org/manual-2.html
     * [12]http://www.mutt.org/manual-2.html#ss2.1
     * [13]http://www.mutt.org/manual-2.html#ss2.2
     * [14]http://www.mutt.org/manual-2.html#ss2.3
     * [15]http://www.mutt.org/manual-2.html#ss2.4
     * [16]http://www.mutt.org/manual-2.html#ss2.5
     * [17]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html
     * [18]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.1
     * [19]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.2
     * [20]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.3
     * [21]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.4
     * [22]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.5
     * [23]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.6
     * [24]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.7
     * [25]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.8
     * [26]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.9
     * [27]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.10
     * [28]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.11
     * [29]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.12
     * [30]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.13
     * [31]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.14
     * [32]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.15
     * [33]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.16
     * [34]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.17
     * [35]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.18
     * [36]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.19
     * [37]http://www.mutt.org/manual-3.html#ss3.20
     * [38]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html
     * [39]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.1
     * [40]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.2
     * [41]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.3
     * [42]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.4
     * [43]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.5
     * [44]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.6
     * [45]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.7
     * [46]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.8
     * [47]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.9
     * [48]http://www.mutt.org/manual-4.html#ss4.10
     * [49]http://www.mutt.org/manual-5.html
     * [50]http://www.mutt.org/manual-5.html#ss5.1
     * [51]http://www.mutt.org/manual-5.html#ss5.2
 

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This shows what I've been talking about.  The ONLY
way for me to know what links to go to and then P(rint),
to make my own manual and print it out on my laser printer, is
via this page.  Why?  

Because it is the ONLY one that clearly lets me see
how the many many links end up going to only a FEW files --
those with unique names BEFORE the "#..." stuff.

If I were to go LOOK at one or two of these things FIRST,
to see if I WANTED to download them, (linking say from the
MAIN page), THEN when I generated the L-page, this info
, this USEFUL address-info, would be GONE, replaced by
some title that I really didn't care about -- probably some
subject title, when what I WANTED for choosing what to download
is the ADDRESSES, without which I'd likely download several
copies of the SAME file (as you can see above, multiple
links from the main page, ie multiple subjects, end up on the
SAME html file.)

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Oh well, I guess it's hopeless.  :-(   No one has any idea
why it is useful to ALWAYS have the ADDRESSES listed on the L-page.

I guess there's not a single person on this lynx-dev list who
use the L-page, as above, for the same purpose as I do.
Nor anyone who even understands WHY it might be useful to
do it that way.

Sigh.   :-(

Well, Lynx can't have EVERYTHING, I guess.  Better be
thankful for what it DOES have!   :-)

David