Re: lynx-dev Lynx Problem

[dickey]

> Here's all the info:  SCO 5.04, Lynx 2.8.2, Wyse 60 terminals on  
> Digiboard concentrator ports.  Lynx was downloaded from the '98 Skunkware  
> from SCO, so we didn't compile it in-house. 
>  
> On our console, running scoansi, Lynx seems to work fine.  Links are  
> bright and the selected link is reverse video. 
>  
> On the Wyse terminals, all of the links show up as reverse video, so you  
> can't tell which one is selected. 

that sounds like a terminal-description problem.
what does infocmp show for that terminal type?  (or is lynx termcap-based)
  
for comparison, here's Solaris' description for a wyse60 (it _says_ it
is supposed to do bold and underline with different codes; I have only
seen wyse60 as an emulation)

#       Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/lib/terminfo/w/wy60
wy60|wyse60|Wyse 60,
        am, bw, hs, km, mir, msgr, xon,
        cols#80, lines#24,
        bel=^G, cbt=\EI, civis=\E`0, clear=\E*$<100>,
        cnorm=\E`1, cr=\r, cub1=\b, cud1=\n, cuf1=\f,
        cup=\E=%p1%'\s'%+%c%p2%'\s'%+%c, cuu1=^K,
        dch1=\EW$<11>, dl1=\ER$<5>, dsl=\EF\r, ed=\Ey$<100>,
        el=\Et, fsl=\r, home=^^, ht=\t, hts=\E1, il1=\EE$<4>,
        ind=\n, ip=$<3>, is1=\EcB0\EcC1,
        is2=\Ed$\EcD\E'\Er\EH^C\Ed/address@hidden,
        kbs=\b, kcbt=\EI, kcub1=\b, kcud1=\n, kcuf1=\f,
        kcuu1=^K, kdch1=\EW, kdl1=\ER, address@hidden, kf2=^AA\r,
        kf3=^AB\r, kf4=^AC\r, kf5=^AD\r, kf6=^AE\r, kf7=^AF\r,
        kf8=^AG\r, kf9=^AH\r, khome=^^, kil1=\EE, ri=\Ej$<7>,
        rmacs=\EH^C, rmir=\Er, rmso=\EG0, rmul=\EG0,
        rs1=\E~!\E~4$<150>, rs2=\EeF$<150>,
        rs3=\EwG\Ee($<200>, smacs=\EH^B, smir=\Eq, smso=\EGt,
        smul=\EG8, tbc=\E0, tsl=\EF,
> Some webpages appear to work OK.  Here's one in particular that causes  
> this problem on the Wyse terminals: http://www.lincolnplating.com/lpc 
>  
> Based on previous responses from this list, we did the upgrade from 2.7  
> to 2.8.1, still doesn't work.    Others have stated that the listed  
> webpage works fine from their system.  So, I have to believe it is  
> something with the Wyse termcap or emulation (wy60 or wy60ak) 
>  
> We did notice that if we setup a .lynxrc in a user directory with the  
> show_cursor=ON, it will show the flashing cursor in front of the link,  
> but they are still all reverse video. 
>  
> Thanks for all the help so far and thanks in advance for any additional  
> efforts! 
>  
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: Klaus Weide [mailto:address@hidden 
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 11:56 AM 
> > To: Mike Boynton 
> > Cc: address@hidden 
> > Subject: Re: lynx-dev Lynx Problem 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Mike Boynton wrote: 
> > 
> > > Help, Please! 
> > > 
> > > We are using Lynx 2.8. When we access our WebPages(s), all of the 
> > > links on 
> > > the page are highlighted. It is not possible to tell which you are  
> on. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > As we navigate throughout the page(s), is it possible to highlight 
> > > only 
> > the 
> > > associated link or possibly a blinking cursor to show the current 
> > > position 
> > > on the page? 
> > > 
> > > The page in question - http://206.222.205.129/lpc 
> > > 
> > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. 
> > 
> > There were several responses when someone from lincolnplating.com first 
> > reported this problem (for a different lynx version).  See the list 
> > archives for February at <http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0299/ 
> > >, 
> > search for "Problem w/Lynx" if you missed them. 
> > 
> > It seems nobody else has seen this problem with your page. 
> > It must be something about the way you are running Lynx or 
> > the way it is compiled.  You didn't give any details beyond 
> > the lynx version, that isn't enough to help further. 
> > 
> > What OS are you using?  What terminal type? 
> > 
> > 
> >    Klaus 


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