Re: LYNX-DEV Re: is lynxrp.zip working /slang and color choices

[Rob Partington]

Bela Lubkin wrote:
> 
> > >         It had been by own assumption the previous time autoconfing
> > > was proposed, but that was before the Reference Library developers
> > > decided that "anybody" could get the GNU make, so the change won't
> > > "narrow the prospective user base".  
> > 
> > Sounds a bit like "Anybody could get Netscape Navigator or MSIE, so the 
> > change to use <insert favorite text-unfriendly HTML abomination 
> > of-the-week> 
> > won't narrow the prospective user base."  Maybe it sounds just like it on
> > the surface, or maybe it actually has something to do with the mindset,
> > sombody else figure it out..
> 
> I agree with Klaus.  Don't make Lynx dependent on external packages like
> GNU make.  I'm not too happy with the trend towards depending on ncurses

It's obviously quite difficult to do some things without GNU make - like
my styles patch not working with non-GNU make.  I thought I was doing that
in a standard make format, but obviously not.

> and/or slang: many older Unixes have only a basic curses implementation
> and may not be able to compile the latest & greatest.

I'm working on a version of my patch for plain curses this weekend.  

> Don't take the "retro" out of Lynx.  You'll be disenfranchising the
> sorts of users who need it the most.

Indeed - but we need to advance lynx as well.
-- 
Rob Partington / address@hidden / address@hidden
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