Re: lynx-dev Lynx, colors and VT100

[dickey]

> In a recent note, Ismael Cordeiro said: 
>  
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:13:21 -0400 (EDT) 
> >  
> > > then a "vt100 emulator" cannot support color, because it is no longer a 
> > > vt100 emulator. 
> >  
> > `A la lettre, you're right but they are VT100 emulators _and_ support 
> > color. 
> >  
> One thing that matters is that not only must the "emulator" support color, 
> but curses must support generating the color escape sequences for that 
> emulator, which means in turn that the termcap/terminfo for that 
> TERM type must define those color escape sequences.  This is likely 
> not to be under the control of the "emulator" author. 

not to worry.  slang has a private interface that makes it "work".
sort of like the html abuse that people on this list complain about
from time to time.  (but when you have a public/standard interface,
the private interfaces just get in the way - they're nothing more than
fancy bugs).
  
> -- gil 

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