LYNX-DEV Slang, ncurses, etc.

[Daniel Strychalski]

Bela Lubkin (address@hidden) wrote --
 
> I agree with Klaus.  Don't make Lynx dependent on external packages like
> GNU make.  I'm not too happy with the trend towards depending on ncurses
> and/or slang: many older Unixes have only a basic curses implementation
> and may not be able to compile the latest & greatest.
> 
> Don't take the "retro" out of Lynx.  You'll be disenfranchising the
> sorts of users who need it the most.
 
Been wanting to say the same thing for a long time, but feared people
would just put it down to my personal dislike of such things as color and
special-purpose keys. Thank you, Bela.
 
Sometimes a "me too" post IS justified....                Dan Strychalski
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