lynx-dev Confusion reigns supreme

[Larry W. Virden]

I've not seen anyone else mention the problem I am about to mention.
Lynx 2.8.2dev.17, SPARC Solaris 2.6, Sun compiler, ncurses.

I do not know if that means that I never received the reports of
problems, my environment is unique, or if the
patched version of lynx I am using is unique, or if my use of lynx is unique.


I type:

$ lynx news:local.test

where local.test is any newsgroup.

I select the "Post to local.test" link (the last one on the page).
I enter a From:, Subject:, Organization: and am in the editor.
I enter a dummy message.  I exit the editor.

I see this line at the bottom of my screen:
Post this message? (y/n)  (y/n) 


When I look in my LY_messages_en.h , I see a number of CONFIRM messages
that include y/n in the text.  However, when I look at HTConfirm, it
appears to me that it adds a " (%s/%s) " to the output string.

So, does anyone else see this?

Here's a patch that removes the y/n's.  HOWEVER, I didn't have time
to confirm that they each are only used in an HTConfirm call - so
care should be taken before blindly applying this patch.


--- LYMessages_en.h-dist        Fri Feb 26 14:37:22 1999
+++ LYMessages_en.h     Fri Feb 26 14:38:14 1999
@@ -156,5 +156,5 @@
 #define INC_ORIG_MSG_PROMPT \
- gettext("Do you wish to include the original message? (y/n) ")
+ gettext("Do you wish to include the original message?")
 #define INC_PREPARSED_MSG_PROMPT \
- gettext("Do you wish to include the preparsed source? (y/n) ")
+ gettext("Do you wish to include the preparsed source?")
 #define SPAWNING_EDITOR_FOR_MAIL \
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@
  gettext("Error spawning editor, check your editor definition in the options 
menu")
-#define SEND_COMMENT_PROMPT gettext("Send this comment? (y/n) ")
-#define SEND_MESSAGE_PROMPT gettext("Send this message? (y/n) ")
+#define SEND_COMMENT_PROMPT gettext("Send this comment?")
+#define SEND_MESSAGE_PROMPT gettext("Send this message?")
 #define SENDING_YOUR_MSG gettext("Sending your message...")
@@ -271,3 +271,3 @@
 #define CONFIRM_BOOKMARK_DELETE \
- gettext("Do you really want to delete this link from your bookmark file? 
(y/n)")
+ gettext("Do you really want to delete this link from your bookmark file?")
 #define MALFORMED_ADDRESS gettext("Malformed address.")
@@ -360,3 +360,3 @@
 #define CONFIRM_MAIN_SCREEN \
- gettext("Do you really want to go to the Main screen? (y/n) [n] ")
+ gettext("Do you really want to go to the Main screen? [n] ")
 #define IN_MAIN_SCREEN gettext("You are already at main screen!")
@@ -420,5 +420,5 @@
 #ifdef VMS
-#define FILE_EXISTS_HPROMPT gettext("File exists.  Create higher version? 
(y/n)")
+#define FILE_EXISTS_HPROMPT gettext("File exists.  Create higher version?")
 #else
-#define FILE_EXISTS_OPROMPT gettext("File exists.  Overwrite? (y/n)")
+#define FILE_EXISTS_OPROMPT gettext("File exists.  Overwrite?")
 #endif /* VMS */
@@ -479,4 +479,4 @@
  gettext("Spawning your selected editor to edit news message")
-#define POST_MSG_PROMPT gettext("Post this message? (y/n) ")
-#define APPEND_SIG_FILE gettext("Append '%s'?  (y/n) ")
+#define POST_MSG_PROMPT gettext("Post this message?")
+#define APPEND_SIG_FILE gettext("Append '%s'?")
 #define POSTING_TO_NEWS gettext("Posting to newsgroup(s)...")

-- 
Larry W. Virden                 <URL: mailto:address@hidden>
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