Re: lynx-dev Lynx, colors and VT100

[dickey]

> >You may disagree but the fact is that most VT100 terminal emulators support 
> >color. 
>  
> But this is a contradiction in terms. 

yes (I don't think I should argue, since people are likely to forget this)
  
> If VT100 does not support color, which others have stated is a fact, then 
> a "vt100 emulator" cannot support color, because it is no longer a vt100 
> emulator.  It could be called a "vt100-ish emulator that also supports 
> color", 
> but by definition a vt100 emulator cannot support color if it is true that 
> actual vt100 terminals do not display color. 

IC's point is that a vt100 is whatever he chooses to call a vt100.

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