Re: _everything reverse_ w/ lynx2-7-1ac-0.28/slang LYNX-DEV

[T.E.Dickey]

> I recently compiled Lynx Version 2.7.1ac-0.28 [last date of CHANGES.new
> is 1997-05-24], but everything on any and every page comes up in reverse,
> execpt the status line, whose attribute seems to be set to bold rather
> than being replaced with a color combination.  I did not install lynx.lss
> (since I don't need it?).  There is color, but not the color combinations
> defined in lynx.cfg for slang.
Then what did you do differently from the options you've listed below?
 
> Downloaded lynx2.7.1ac-0.28.tar.gz on May 26, and from a new breakout did:
>         setenv CPPFLAGS -I/home/nelsonhe/.slang/src
>         setenv LIBS -L/home/nelsonhe/.slang/lib
>         ./configure --with-screen=slang
>         make -f makefile generic.
> This method of compiling gave the expected slang behavior up to the last
> development code I compiled which was lynx2.7.1ac-0.19.
> 
> This is SunOS 4.1.3-JL 1 sun4c,
>         gcc version 2.7.2,
>         slang0.99-38
> 
> Give me my beautiful and simple slang colors back!  (Pounds on desk :-)
> 
> __Henry
> 
> PS
> I didn't mention that when I added the congigure option "--with-color-
> style=slang", configure died with: "checking if color-style code should
> be used... configure: error: Configuration does not support color-styles".
> But I guess that's the correct response for what I wanted, i.e., the
> original slang color support.
RP's code is implemented (not my doing) only for ncurses.  The color-style
option refers to the appearance, not the underlying library.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
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