lynx-dev Kermit (was improving document'n)

[Philip Webb]

980802 Doug Kaufman wrote: 
> You are now using two programs capable of character set translation.
> Kermit is excellent for this. Those not using kermit don't have this luxury.

so shouldn't Lynx documentation recommend using Kermit, which is freeware?
asis, the IBM-PC file in  /docs  doesn't mention Kermit at all.

> To see what lynx is sending to your terminal,
> set "terminal character-set transparent" in MSKERMIT.
> Kermit can only use the characters that your code-page knows how to display.

yes, i tested it on  www.lemonde.fr/
& it shows accented letters according to DOS codepage 437,
which for `e acute' gives `i' (7-bit) or `theta' (8-bit).
this is what i end up with when i download such a file to my PC:
is there any way of getting such letters corrected in downloading?
i can of course write a little program for my PC, but that's slower.

> For full compatibility with various character sets,
> you still need to change the code page in DOS.

when i change to codepage 437 using  o  &  c , i get a deformed display.

> By the way, it is recommended that you NOT change MSKERMIT.INI.
> Use MSCUSTOM.INI for these changes. The net effect is the same however.
 
my  mskermit.ini  came already altered by our sysadmin some years ago:
i have downloaded the latest 3.14, but still use his older 3.10 (sloth).
i now notice  mscustom.ini  comes with the distribution from the Kermit site.

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