Re: lynx-dev Lynx colours

[T.E.Dickey]

> > > Do I need NC-EMX-M.ZIP for this? I only downloaded the binaries the  
> > I don't remember (my connection to arraris is always very slow, so I don't 
> > go there often).  
>  
> I just tried retreiving this file but got 'Pagina no encontrada' 
( I guess that means 'very slow' ;-)
  
> > But I built my own binaries using the autoconf patch 
> > which I derived from that source, and the ncurses 4.2 -- both under my 
> > webpage. 
>  
> That's a 6MB monstar (uncompressed...)!  There's no way I'll be able 
> to find my way round that this millenium :-). I haven't even worked 
> how to successfully format man pages yet with GROFF, and there doesn't 
> seem to be a readme.os2 which might give me a fighting chance... 
terminfo's manpage is a little large or I'd email one to the list.
but look at
        include/Caps
        man/terminfo.head
        man/terminfo.tail
(just ignore the troff stuff)
   
> > > other day from address@hidden with the intention of trying to building  
> > > Lynx 2.8.2. I hope I got the correct version, there seem to be so many  
> > > version of curses around.  
> > that happens - it's been in development for several years. 
> >    
> > > Don't suppose the 2.8.2 binaries for OS/2 are available anywhere on  
> > > the Net yet...  
> > which one is 2.8.2?  (I've been working toward 2.8.1, but am not 
> > pushing for 
>  
> oops, I thought that was the current release. 
no - I've been making patches named 2.8.1dev.XXX which should complete with
a new series 2.8.1rev.XXX (it's a compromise with the PRCS version numbering).
  
> > a new release until I am also able to build the win32 version) 
>  
> Should I be able to build the OS/2 version of 2.8.1 from the sources 
> currently available? 
yes - I built with a recent version using ncurses (don't try the termcap
library ;-).

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Thomas E. Dickey
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