Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.4dev.19

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Philip Webb wrote:

> [ this is the 5th attempt to get this to lynx-dev:
> several other messages have gone missing during the past month;
> perhaps TD can tell me if the Cc reaches him ]
> 
> i have downloaded & compiled 2-8-4dev.19 successfully
> & can now view an image with  xv  if the link is explicit
> (eg Yahoo news sites bury the image URLs in JS);
> also, i can use the mouse on links & the lower edge of a page.  however,
> some things aren't right & don't seem to be covered in the obvious docs.
> i am using Mandrake Linux & KDE; ncurses is 5.0_990703 .
> 
> (1) i configured with  --enable-default-colors 
> & with/without  --enable-color-style , but get no sign of colors.
> 
> (2) the mouse doesn't seem to be working as advertised on the left margin.

I think it only works in the upper-left corner.

> (3) the CHANGES file for this version mentions addition of  NEXT_DOC ,
> but there's no sign of it under keybindings in  lynx.cfg .

ok (I forgot that one - I did look at updating the html, but since there
was no predefined mapping, overlooked lynx.cfg as well)

> 
> (4) i have included `&' at the end of the  xv  line in  lynx.cfg ,
> but the Lynx display disappears till i close the  xv  window;
> yes, i can save the image, but it might be useful to have eg a map on screen.

I find this clumsy also...

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