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Re: LYNX-DEV Line and corner characters in lynx boxes


From: Al Gilman
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Line and corner characters in lynx boxes
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 00:30:46 -0500 (EST)

to follow up on what Scott Field said:

> Could someone please point me in the right direction as to
> which files to look at to modify the characters lynx uses to
> draw a selection "box".

The magic words are termcap and terminfo.  Exactly how they are
used depends on your precise OS (Un*x is not standard in this).

> On linux I get asterisks, on NT I get the "line" and "corner"
> characters, and on a Wyse 60 connected to my linux box I get a
> box made of various characters according to the terminal
> emulation.

> Can I get "line" and "corner" characters on the Wyse so it
> displays a nice box?

I don't know.  The But search for "Wyse" in 

http://www.access.digex.net/%7Easgilman/lynx/FAQ/

for notes from some people who got the Wyse 50 to work.

-- Al

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