lynx-dev Re: How do I get the background to be white instead of grey?

[Doug Kaufman]

On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Bob Izenberg wrote:

> From: "Malcolm Boekhoff" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Subject: How do I get the background to be white instead of grey?
> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:46:43 +0100
>
> I am attempting to use Lynx 2.8.2 on Windows NT.
> 
> However, I cannot set the background to the purest white (or
> should that be brightwhite). The "COLOR:0:black:white" lynx.cfg
> option works in a way (if you change "white" to "yellow" the color
> changes), but the background is not really white, it's grey! Is
> there a configurable way of stopping the background being what
> appears to be automatically darkened or is a source code change
> required?

This is generally dependent upon the screen library chosen. With
PDCurses, you can not get bright background colors. With SLang, you
can. Try building with SLang.
                          Doug
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