Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 2.7.1(f) Bug Report

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David Rin <address@hidden> wrote:
>A few days ago I FTPed the Lynx271f.zip and installed a sun4 executable
>on my server, recently I noted that there seems a bug in this version of
>Lynx, which has never occured in the previous version, 2.7.
>
>Here is the detail:
>
>When I try to find a particular string, by pressing "/" key, in the currently
>displayed page, sometimes the matched strings are displayed incorrectly. In
>distance, try to find "rar2" in a directory list which contains a file named
>"rar202.exe", then the found filename will be displayed as "r202.exe" instead
>of "rar202.exe".
>
>I assume that the bug is caused by the "r2" substring, however I cannot ensure
>this is a bug of Lynx 271f, since some other programs behaves strange on my
>terminal screen as well, perhaps the this problem is caused by a system library
>file such as curse?? Appreciate if you can give me some clue. Thanks,

        I created a file named rar202.exe, used Lynx to create a directory
listing, and did a WHEREIS ('/') search of the listing for "rar2".  I could
not reproduce the problem you describe, testing on solaris2, osf, and VMS,
but do not have access to a sun4 system.

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