Re: lynx-dev character sets

[Leonid Pauzner]

>      * From: Heikki Kantola <address@hidden>

> > > #    Western (cp850)
> >
> > Perhaps call this the DOS International Character Set.
>
> That still sounds somewhat awkward, but I agree that it would be nice to
> say it's one of the DOS codepages.
>

Could it be written out of options page, but in options help?
(Why people don't like read help!)
I add a note to "display character set" section. Is it OK?


diff -u old/lynx_use.htm ./lynx_use.htm
--- old/lynx_use.htm    Mon Aug 31 19:25:46 1998
+++ ./lynx_use.htm      Thu Sep  3 13:52:42 1998
@@ -612,7 +612,10 @@
            according to your terminal's character set so that characters
            other than 7-bit ASCII can be displayed correctly, using
            approximations if necessary.  You must have the selected
-           character set installed on your terminal.
+           character set installed on your terminal. (Since Lynx now
+           supports a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note
+           that cpXXX codepages used within IBM PC computers, and
+           windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows apps.)

    <dt>Raw 8-bit or CJK Mode
        <dd>Whether 8-bit characters are assumed to correspond with the
diff -u old/option_h.htm ./option_h.htm
--- old/option_h.htm    Sat Aug 15 14:57:56 1998
+++ ./option_h.htm      Thu Sep  3 13:45:06 1998
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@
                            so that characters other than 7-bit ASCII can be
                            displayed correctly, using approximations if
                            necessary. You must have the selected character set
-                           installed on your terminal.
+                           installed on your terminal. (Since Lynx now supports
+                           a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note
+                           that cpXXX codepages used within IBM PC computers,
+                           and windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows apps.)

      Raw 8-bit or CJK   -  Toggles whether 8-bit characters are assumed to
      mode                  correspond with the display character set and