Re: LYNX-DEV http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0198/msg00539.html

[T.E.Dickey]

> >> I tried "make linux" and "make linux-ncurses"  I have no idea what they
> >> have installed on that machine.  It's possible they compliled the binaries
> >> elsewhere.
> >bsd curses can only do reverse video; ncurses can do whatever the terminal
> >is capable of (bold, reverse, colors - underline if it's not Linux console 
> >;-)
> >slang also can use the terminal's capabilities.
> 
> The 'make linux-ncurses' didn't fail.  Would it, if it couldn't find an
> ncurses package?  BTW I tried compiling the slang package but that
> wouldn't compile.
the corresponding error message would help us understand what the problem is. 

(the 'make linux-ncurses' would indeed fail if it could not find an ncurses
package, simply because it looks in only one place, and would not compile
or link if it were not there).


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