Re: lynx-dev color

[Dave Bennett]

Laura Eaves wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 20:09:09 +0000
> > From: Dave Bennett <address@hidden>
> >...
> > I'm running lynx 2-8-1 24. Everything works fine except the ugly colors
> > that are the default. I've tried changing them in the lynx.cfg file, but
> > it just displays the same old colors. Help! I am completely lost on how
> > to get it to display the colors I want. The Yellow it shows for links
> > simply is not readable. To make matters worse, red is used for the
> > message headers on the lynx-dev archive list, but is also the default
> > color for the currently highlighted link. :)  Not usable at all in that
> > situation.
> 
> I set my own colors in lynx.cfg and I don't have any trouble at all.
> Are you sure you're picking up the right lynx.cfg?
> Did you enable color styles, or are you using the old COLOR settings
> in lynx.cfg?  (I never did get color styles to work,
> though I haven't tried it in a while.)
> --le
> 
> PS: My settings are as follows if you're interested:
> 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

I should have added to my last message that I used the lynx command line
parameter to point specifically at my new lynx.cfg file to no avail as
well.

-- 

Dave Bennett