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Re: LYNX-DEV What is the difference?
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Michael Talbot-Wilson |
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Re: LYNX-DEV What is the difference? |
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Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:53:39 +0930 |
In message <address@hidden> you write:
> > being new to Lynx, I am a bit confused with the 3 versions, normal.
> > curses & slang; can somebody tell me what is the difference between them?
> It's in the top-level files (readme/configure stuff). Briefly (again ;-),
>
> normal
> is whatever is installed as "curses"; usually this is the
> vendor's curses if you're building on something like Solaris,
> it may be bsd 4.4 curses if you're installing on Linux.
> is the standard name for the screen package.
>
> ncurses
> is a clone of SVr4 (e.g., Solaris) curses. There's an option
> to configure by that name since it may not be installed as
> "curses". SVr4 curses is basically the standard on platforms
> that you buy, rather than build.
Um.. ncurses is pretty standard on Linux.
>
> slang
> is a screen package that (for our purposes) emulates bits &
> pieces of bsd curses with parts borrowed from some flavors
> of System V curses. (There's some advantages in it, but
> since it does not follow any standard, it's best classified
> as experimental).
Probably the advantages are what the person who made the enquiry was
actually interested in. Slang seems to allow more flexible colour
configuration, and more colour options. There is run-time interpretation
of colour specifications in the config file.
I think there are knowledgeable LYNX-DEV list members who could tell you
a lot more. E.g. the "lang" part suggests a high-level API.
-- Mike
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