On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 02:41:15PM -0000, David Biesack wrote:
> Thanks for the tip, Thomas.
> 
> I still find the behavior confusing; i.e. that the name is important rather 
> than the content.
>   "-dump  dumps  the  formatted  output  of  the  default  document"
> implies the document is HTML, does not mention other possible interpretations 
> or file formats,
> and does not mention -force_html or the *.html convention or why there is
> a need for -force_html. 
> 
> If you do not wish to change the behavior, please consider updating the man 
> page
> to document the conventions/assumptions that lynx -dump makes.

yes - documentation is a good thing to improve :-)

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