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Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #inclu
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Ismael Cordeiro |
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Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes) |
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Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:50:26 -0400 (EDT) |
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:
> > BOXVERT and BOXHORi only work with curses/ncurses, not with slang. I
> > think that they should be extended to slang, if possible.
>
> Lynx with slang just uses SLsmg_draw_box(). I don't know of an interface
> to tell slang what box drawing chars to use in that function. They seem to
> be hardwired.
If it's really not possible, then we'll live with it.
> > And a BOXCORNER would be nice too.
>
> None of them should be necessary if terminfo files had the right content
> and people used the right term type...
The problem is that not all terminal emulators support alternate character
sets.
> Well the terminfo language isn't really expressive enough for all
> situations. For the linux console, the display font can change during run
> time, some fonts support the drawing chars and others don't. One would
> have to change the term type at run time in order to always have the right
> capability info.
Do you mean that terminfo has been "abused" long before I used color
capabilities in the VT100 definition? I feel better now... :-)
Ismael
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- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Henry Nelson, 1999/04/19
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), dickey, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Larry W. Virden, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), dickey, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Ismael Cordeiro, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes),
Ismael Cordeiro <=
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/21
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Ismael Cordeiro, 1999/04/21
- Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/22
lynx-dev userdefs.h vs. configure (was: INSTALLATION file changes), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/20
Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Larry W. Virden, 1999/04/20
Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Henry Nelson, 1999/04/20
Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION file changes (was: Fix --disable-trace, #includes), Henry Nelson, 1999/04/20