Re: LYNX-DEV [Lynx-Win32]: Problem with international keyboard

[Lloyd G. Rasmussen]

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:45:58 +0100, 
Bernhard Muenzer  <address@hidden> wrote:

>This problem might be a peculiarity of the way direct console input is 
>interpreted by the Borland C compiler used to make the Win32 binary 
>distribution of Lynx 2.72.
>
>I run the Win32 port of Lynx 2.71 in an NT box with a German keyboard layout 
>and the IBM PC codepage 850 cxharacter set.

... description of keyboard problems

I'm not surprised.  I haven't used this myself, but have heard that 
some blind people using screen reading programs in a DOS box under 
Windows 95 have had trouble with the Win32 port.  It appears that the 
Borland compiler produces console code that accesses the keyboard in a 
way that precludes TSR programs like screen readers and KEYB from 
interpreting the codes before passing them along to Lynx.  I don't 
know what can be done about it.  Most screen readers can "jump ahead 
in line" and reassert control over the keyboard interrupt, but this 
usually causes other problems when the program, such as Lynx,  needing 
this treatment is unloaded.




-- Lloyd Rasmussen
Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering Section
National Library Service for the  Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress          202-707-0535
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