Re: lynx-dev Lynx, colors and VT100

[mattack]

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Ismael Cordeiro wrote:
>> I think I'm on Solaris..  (dang I never remember how to check..)
>
>uname -sr
>
>If you're on Solaris it should display "SunOs 5.x".

SunOS 5.6

>> so that the other items said <NOT AVAILABLE> or something while I had the
>> popup popped up? even if it said something longer like <NOT AVAILABLE
>> BECAUSE COLOR NOT COMPILED IN> it would be good.
>
>If you use the "old-style" options menu (FORMS_OPTIONS:FALSE in lynx.cfg),
>Lynx will display "Your 'xxx' terminal does not support color" when you try
>to set Show Color to ON.

lynx.cfg is for compile time options right?  I tried simply making a lynx.cfg
in my home directory with FORMS_OPTIONS:FALSE as the only thing in it and
it doesn't seem to change anything.

Anyway, I just realized that when I'm on the popup it says:
UNMODIFIABLE option list.  Use return or arrow keys to review or leave.
at the bottom of the screen.


>If you don't mind being helped by someone you think that `doesn't seem to
>realize that "vt100 emulator" _implies_ that it does not emulate things
>_besides_ a vt100', I could probably help you like I helped many Lynx users
>with a similar problem.

Wow, I didn't mean to make that sound like an insult, I just think both sides
are unable to agree.  (I'm making the semantic point about words, admittedly.)


>What terminal or terminal emulation are you using? Does it support color?
>What "echo $TERM" says?

heh.. vt100.

The 'real' vt100 in /etc/termcap says:
d0|vt100|vt100-am|vt100am|dec vt100:\
  :do=^J:co#80:li#24:cl=50\E[;H\E[2J:sf=5\ED:\
  :le=^H:bs:am:cm=5\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=2\E[C:up=2\E[A:\
  :ce=3\E[K:cd=50\E[J:so=2\E[7m:se=2\E[m:us=2\E[4m:ue=2\E[m:\
  :md=2\E[1m:mr=2\E[7m:mb=2\E[5m:me=2\E[m:is=\E[1;24r\E[24;1H:\
  :rf=/usr/share/lib/tabset/vt100:\
  :rs=\E>\E[?3l\E[?4l\E[?5l\E[?7h\E[?8h:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
  :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\
  :ho=\E[H:k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:pt:sr=5\EM:vt#3:xn:\
  :sc=\E7:rc=\E8:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:

I have no idea how to read that stuff (I'm not saying it's hard, I just 
never figured out any of it except for things like changing backspace to delete
with stty and changing rows manually).

I realized there are a lot of other "vt100-ish" entries in /etc/termcap, 
mentioning things like "fast v100"..  Maybe some decade if I ever get around
to it I should play around with some of the others to see if I can notice a
difference over a modem link.