lynx-dev lynx.cfg history: from 2.6 to 2.8.2 (was: 'reloading' lynx.cfg (was: options (more, please)))

[Leonid Pauzner]

23-Jul-99 05:31 I wrote:
> 17-Jul-99 11:05 David Combs wrote:
>> QUESTION and NEED: How does a long-time user of lynx FIND OUT
>> about these new features?

> There is a features.html page for every release at sol.slcc.edu
> It is a hand-edited text, discussed on lynx-dev when the release come.

> Another option is trying to diff lynx.cfg and INSTALLATION
> between your version and current [nearly all new features are configurable].

> In fact, one may add a "history" link from lynxcfg_toc.html
> to list new options added between releases starting 2.6 (IMHO),
> it is not a big job.

I made an exersise and got the following listing
(new lynx.cfg options added between releases):


2.8.1 -> 2.8.2 (1-06-1999)
==========================
+#COOKIE_LOOSE_INVALID_DOMAINS:
+#COOKIE_QUERY_INVALID_DOMAINS:
+#COOKIE_STRICT_INVALID_DOMAINS:
+#HTMLSRC_<LEXEMNAME>:<TAGSPEC>:<TAGSPEC>
+#HTMLSRC_TAGNAME_XFORM:2
+#KEYBOARD_LAYOUT:JCUKEN Cyrillic, for AT 101-key kbd
+#SOURCE_CACHE:NONE

2.8 -> 2.8.1 (27-10-1998)
=========================
+#ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES:FALSE
+#COOKIE_ACCEPT_DOMAINS:
+#COOKIE_FILE:~/.lynx_cookies
+#COOKIE_REJECT_DOMAINS:
+#FORCE_8BIT_TOUPPER:FALSE
+#FORMS_OPTIONS:TRUE
+#INCLUDE:/usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg
+#NCR_IN_BOOKMARKS:FALSE
+#OUTGOING_MAIL_CHARSET:
+#PARTIAL:TRUE
+#PARTIAL_THRES:-1
+#PERSISTENT_COOKIES:TRUE
+#SHOW_KB_RATE:TRUE
+#TAGSOUP:FALSE
+#VERBOSE_IMAGES:TRUE

2.7.2 -> 2.8 (10-03-1998)
=========================
+#LYNXCGI_DOCUMENT_ROOT:
+#PREPEND_CHARSET_TO_SOURCE:FALSE
+#QUIT_DEFAULT_YES:TRUE
+#STRIP_DOTDOT_URLS:TRUE
+#USE_MOUSE: FALSE

2.7.1 -> 2.7.2 (6-01-1998)
==========================
+#ASSUME_CHARSET:iso-8859-1
+#ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET:iso-8859-1
+#ASSUME_UNREC_CHARSET:iso-8859-1
+#FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE:FALSE
+#NO_FORCED_CORE_DUMP:FALSE
+#NO_ISMAP_IF_USEMAP:FALSE
+#PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE:TRUE
+#SEEK_FRAG_AREA_IN_CUR:TRUE
+#SEEK_FRAG_MAP_IN_CUR:TRUE

2.7 -> 2.7.1
<none>

2.6 -> 2.7 (14-02-1997)
=======================
+#BLOCK_MULTI_BOOKMARKS:FALSE
+#COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS:TRUE
+#CSWING_PATH:swing
+#LYNX_SIG_FILE:.lynxsig
+#MULTI_BOOKMARK_SUPPORT:FALSE
+#NEWS_POSTING:TRUE
+#SET_COOKIES:TRUE
+#SHOW_CURSOR:FALSE
+#USE_SELECT_POPUPS:TRUE
+#XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND:xv %s
+#newspost_proxy:http://some.server.dom:port/
+#newsreply_proxy:http://some.server.dom:port/
+#snewspost_proxy:http://some.server.dom:port/
+#snewsreply_proxy:http://some.server.dom:port/