Re: LYNX-DEV am i too late?

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> I've been only skimming the lynx-dev mail for 
> the past couple months and haven't kept up on all the threads. 
>  
> Now it looks as if you're about to release 2.8. 
> I had one last request before 2.8 goes out. 
> (This is actually the 3rd time I've requested this, but 
> no one has picked it up.) 
it's really a little late (but if you can get a consensus & it doesn't touch
a .c or .h, I'll relent).

> I wonder if the default colors for the -color option could be set to 
> something more usable.  This would only change lynx.cfg and LYCurses.c. 
> (Acutally you really only need to change lynx.cfg...) 
> Both Henry and I have posted suitable color choices 
> that would work on most terminals and would 
> be useful for visually impaired users. 
> (I cna't remember the date of this exchange...) 
I remember more than one, but never saw a conclusion.
  
> Anyway, thought I'd make one last request... 
> Again the rationale: the default colors for the -color option don't work 
> right 
> and are hard for visually impaired users to see. 
> Since color choices can only be set in lynx.cfg which hte average user 
> will probably never see, i think it's importeant to set the 
> default to something usable. 
then add a lynx.cfg to the samples directory - I think that's what we
intended to do.  (If we modify the default lynx.cfg, then we'll start
discussing it & won't proceed, but a sample doesn't displace anything).
  
> Thanks in advance! 
> --le 


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