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Re: lynx-dev Colors, reverse video, bold....
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A. R. Vener |
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Re: lynx-dev Colors, reverse video, bold.... |
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Sun, 23 Jul 2000 22:42:09 -0400 (EDT) |
Dave,
This is exactly the problem I am having. If the problem is
with how ncurses was compiled I'd appreciate any suggestions
from others who have solved this probvlem.
Thanks.
Rudy
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> The recent discussion of link highlighting interested me:
> I tried some time ago to compile lynx 2.8.something so that
> I could get to the only secure site I have so far wanted to
> visit.... Turns out I also needed Java, so I went back to
> 2.7.2, because...every link showed up in reverse video.
>
> When I built 2.7.2 I had a similar problem. I have a vague
> memory of something to do with ncurses, of having actually
> to modify either a configuration or header file. Of course,
> like a good non-programmer I did not bother to document what
> I did, and since I barely understood whatever it was I have
> little hope of reproducing it logically.
>
> What I'm leading up to: 2.7.2 gives me the desired
> behavior: only the selected link gets highlighted; the
> others show up in bold. The discussion has left me confused
> (no smart comments, please ;-} ): do later versions of lynx
> offer this behavior? If so, how do I obtain it? If I have to
> modify a terminfo or termcap entry, someone will have to
> babytalk me through _that_.
>
> Ancient slackware distribution, kernel 2.0.36, ncurses 1.9.9e.
> If you deduce that I hate to upgrade, congratulations!
>
> On a completely unrelated topic, when I go to
>
> http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/
>
> and "click on"
>
> "Searching the Lynx-Dev Archives",
>
> which is supposedly at
>
> http://www.crl.com/%7Esubir/lynx/search-archives.html
>
> I get the dreaded "404 Not Found" message. I get a similar
> result from the first link on that page
>
> "lynx-dev"
>
> This behavior is new to me; I had no problem the last time I
> went snuffling through old lynx-dev emails....
>
> (I have no problem with the links, "HTML format" and
> "Mailbox format" and "Old archives"--the flora.org links.
> Have the others also migrated to flora?
>
> --
> Dave Williams
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