Re: [Lynx-dev] Can't save options to disk

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011, Graham Lawrence wrote:

> Thank you Hal?sz S?ndor, the problem is solved.  I did not know that the
> file .lynxrc existed.  I've made the changes I want in that file and lynx
> now behaves as desired.  So if I ever want to make further changes, I'll do
> so directly in .lynxrc
>
> 2011/9/27 Hal?sz S?ndor <address@hidden>
>
> > > > > > 2011/09/26 11:37 -0700, Graham Lawrence >>>>
> > As user, I cannot save option changes to disk, so my changes remain in
> > effect only until the session closes.
> > As root there is no such problem.  But I rarely work as root.
> >
> > I've changed ~/lynx.cfg to have the options I want, but that has no effect
> > on lynx's behavior
> > <<<<<<<<
> > This last file is read only if somehow you point it out to Lynx, through
> > environment variable LYNX_CFG or on the command line after "-cfg".
> > Furthermore, it is intended for general, not particular use. For particular
> > use, for Options, the file usually named ".lynxrc" is the one.
> >
> > If Lynx runs, though, somehwere it found a version of the configuration
> > file. On the option page there is a link to it from "View the file
> > lynx.cfg": follow the link and see the full path name.

yes... but lynx.cfg and .lynxrc are distinct files.  It seems that it
would be nice to have a link to .lynxrc to view for reference, as well
as to reinforce the sense that they're distinct.

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