Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.4dev.19 -- ADDENDVM

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:14:59PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
> 010302 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:45:15PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
> >> there's still a problem that Lynx, Mutt & Most don't recognise `white'
> >> -- `white' -> `lightgray' & `gray' -> `black' -- ,
> >> whereas Vim has no such problem: any further thoughts?
> > The color names are specific to the program (lynx, mutt or vim).
> > The actual colors that can be shown are determined by the terminal itself.
> 
> so what name does Lynx use for what  xterm-color  shows as white?
> the terminal shows it for Vim (as i write), but not when Lynx asks for 
> `white',
> when it shows the same as when Lynx asks for `lightgray'.

I think you're talking about the terminal's default (background) color.
If lynx is configured to support that, it's "default"
 
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