Re: lynx-dev Re: Bold vs Reverse video for lynx 2.8

[T.E.Dickey]

> > Dennis, 
> > No I have not solved the problem yet, I basically went back 
> > to v2.7.1.  I also had to convert to ncurses as you did. 
> > Leigh W. 
...
> After a couple days of mucking about with the lynx 2.8, I got it 
> working with slang.  (and have a interesting, but of questionable 
> real value, color lynx) 
>  
> Thomas Dickie tells me that the BSD version of ncurses doesn't 
> support the bold attribute.   
  Thomas Dickey tells me that the BSD version of curses doesn't 
  support the bold attribute.  (BSD curses is not the same as ncurses).
  
> I think though, that the new ncurses 4.2 which I'd installed 
> would work also, following these steps: 
...
> ********************************************************************* 
> I was so curious whether this would work, that I did compile lynx-2.8 
> with the above mentioned ncurses library and it works, also having 
> a color display capability. 
> ********************************************************************* 
right - the color scheme is almost identical (slang makes some assumptions
about bold + color which are not portable)

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
address@hidden
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey