On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Henry Nelson wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 05:01:13PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > >> 2001-08-15 (2.8.5dev.2) > >> * work around defect in move_anchors_in_region() and related logic by > >> changing > >> default for nested-tables to FALSE when Lynx is not configured for > >> color-style. The problem is that when an anchor is shifted right by > >> nested-table logic, if it has a <BR> near the beginning of a table cell > >> and > >> it happens to be split across a line, its size will not be adjusted > >> properly > >> (report by Hataguchi Takeshi) -TD > >> > >> There are two questions to answer: > >> > >> (a) whether we should set the default to enable nested tables, given that > >> for most pages it is an improvement, or disable it by default to lessen > >> confusion. > > > > Is "nested-table logic" only supposed to work with, i.e., depend on, > > "color-style", which in turn assumes "screen=ncurses", or is it that > > it has only been tested with "color-style" and may work in other > > configurations? > > no - it works either way, but has been tested more with color-style. > The context for the bug noted above was that there was some logic > difference between the two styles that happened to make it work better.
I tested 2.8.6pre.3 with ncurses and slang on Debian. "color-style" is enable for only the former binary. I couldn't find any differences between them with my example file except default setting. > > Presently I configure lynx with "--with-screen=slang" and "--enable- > > nested-tables", but I've always wondered if that is the right thing to > > be doing since I don't set a configuration option for "color-style", > > and always assumed it was off by default. > > > >> (b) whether the run-time toggling of the feature works properly. > > > > With "Lynx 2.8.6dev.18" (I'll do my best to try to upgrade to lynx2.8.6 > > pre.3 this weekend.), --with-screen=slang and --enable-nested-tables, > > I get a status-line message that toggling is ON/OFF. 2.8.6pre.3 also shows the message and the setting makes effect with above two binaries. # That is, I saw a problem when it's on with both binaries. # Columns is 80. > > Assuming I can get lynx2.8.6pre.3 installed soon, what test should > > we do to see if "run-time toggling of the feature works properly." > > > > Also, can lynx-devers suggest some URLs of good examples of tables > > where nested-table logic improves the presentation? Thanks. http://weather.asahi.com/pinpoint/kanto/tokyo.html Tokyo's wether information page in Japanese. I can get better result with a large screen. > I find that it improves google's search page (but that it's not good for > some email admin webpages). ymmv > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey > http://invisible-island.net > ftp://invisible-island.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Lynx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev -- Takeshi Hataguchi E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
