Re: LYNX-DEV am I too late?

[T.E.Dickey]

> > How about adding the following to lynx.cfg? 
> > (Don't bother with LYCurses.c....) 
> >  
> > COLOR:0:white:black 
> > COLOR:1:yellow:black 
> > COLOR:2:brightcyan:black 
> > COLOR:3:brightblue:black 
> > COLOR:4:green:black 
> > COLOR:5:magenta:black 
> > COLOR:6:white:blue 
> > COLOR:7:white:red 
> >  
> > This is what I use and is very good for 
> > someone with vision problems. 
>  
> I can't believe that it hasn't been done yet.  Actually I think it 
> at one time was changed, but somehow the old one creeped back in. 
I don't think it was actually changed (this would be last May or so?).
Mostly I remember arguments about colors wrt the color-style code.  But
whether it's a black background, or white, I have terminals that do a lousy
job on each.  (In fact, a black background will be absolutely unreadable on
FreeBSD's console, because whoever implemented that didn't use the normal
intensity for colors - I don't know how that relates to BSDI's programs). 

I'm currently using the 'default' color for backgrounds, since it lets me
set the background to whatever's appropriate for the terminal, and (if we
have to change things) would recommend that we support that instead.

As a matter of fact, since LE's apparently using slang, she should be
able to set an environment variable to get this effect -- something like
$DEFAULTFGBG.  With ncurses, I do it differently.  (SVr4 curses won't
do either, since this is an extension).

> Why does Laura have to fight so hard for this simple change which 
> is so critical to some people?  Changing just these lines in the 
> distribution lynx.cfg is all that's needed.  LYCurses.c can easily 
> wait. 
>  
> > HOWEVER: Henry pointed out as I remember that he used a 
> > terminal that didn't allow anything but black background. 
> > So I tried changing the last 2 colors to: 
>  
> I think we should keep yours since it has been tested by someone 
> who really needs and feels comfortable with such a scheme. 
>  
> But give me a break on the present default: 
>       #COLOR:0:black:white 
> Right, black on black on any Fujitsu FMDPC642D.  Where did the 
> letters go?  Pretty neat screen saver routine!  If that isn't 
> a blackwards combination, I don't know what is. 
>    ^ 
> > > then add a lynx.cfg to the samples directory - I think that's what we 
>  
> We just got rid of that ca. 80kB hog.  Good riddin's to bad rubbish. 
>  
> > Again, the average user would never see the sample lynx.cfg. 
> > IMHO it wouldn't hurt to put it in lynx.cfg. 
>  
> That makes two IMHO. 
>  
> __Henry 
>  
> *** lynx.cfg.orig     Mon Mar  9 16:47:20 1998 
> --- lynx.cfg  Wed Mar 11 18:34:00 1998 
> *************** 
> *** 1693,1706 **** 
>   # 
>   # Uncomment and change any of the compilation defaults. 
>   # 
> ! #COLOR:0:black:white 
> ! #COLOR:1:blue:white 
> ! #COLOR:2:yellow:blue 
> ! #COLOR:3:green:white 
> ! #COLOR:4:magenta:white 
> ! #COLOR:5:blue:white 
> ! #COLOR:6:red:white 
> ! #COLOR:7:magenta:cyan 
>    
>   # External application support. This feature allows lynx to pass a given 
>   # URL to an external program.  It was written for three reasons. 
> --- 1693,1706 ---- 
>   # 
>   # Uncomment and change any of the compilation defaults. 
>   # 
> ! #COLOR:0:white:black 
> ! #COLOR:1:yellow:black 
> ! #COLOR:2:brightcyan:black 
> ! #COLOR:3:brightblue:black 
> ! #COLOR:4:green:black 
> ! #COLOR:5:magenta:black 
> ! #COLOR:6:white:blue 
> ! #COLOR:7:white:red 
>    
>   # External application support. This feature allows lynx to pass a given 
>   # URL to an external program.  It was written for three reasons. 


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