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

[Scott Field]

Thanks Al,
I thought that about termcap and terminfo, but I couldn't seem to find
anything useful to my problem, but I'll study it more closely now.
What puzzled me was that even on linux, with any TERM setting, I still
got asterisks. I would have thought lynx would look up termcap and once
it knew what terminal I had, it would draw lines?

Scott


Al Gilman wrote:

> 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