lynx-dev Re: msg00041.html

[Philip Webb]

980704 Leonid Pauzner commented on Lynx Help for Beginners: 
>>                                 Character sets:
>> 
>>    Lynx 2-8 has good support for multilingual character sets:
>> 
>>      * to see 8-bit characters properly, enter `o',
>>        then `h' to goto the Preferred Document Characterset,
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^?

is this incorrect? i have never changed the character set,
having only the normal English one available for my terminal.

>>        then fill in the one corresponding to the font
>>        you really have installed for your terminal;
>>      * if you're not sure, try `7 bit approximation' as the safest.
>>      * Some documents look broken because they do not specify
>>        the character set properly: you can complain to the author,
>>        but if you know what the character set should be,
>>        enter `o', then `^a', then choose from the pop-up list.
> First item says about display charset/font (setup) on client side;
> while a note about broken pages says about remote document info...

so?  these are a series of points to help beginners
& i have followed your own submitted text quite closely.
 
>>      * to see 8-bit characters properly, enter `o',
>>        then `c' to goto the Display Character set,
>>        then fill in the one corresponding to the font
>>        you really have installed for your terminal;
>>        (if you're not sure, try `7 bit approximation' as the safest).

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