Re: lynx-dev using special characters with scripting

[Christoph Fabianek]

Thanks a lot - now I can use those special characters!

   Christoph

On Friday 05 April 2002 00:19, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 05:42:27PM +0200, Christoph Fabianek wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there a way to use special charaters (e.g., ä ö ü ß) with the new
> > scripting feature of Lynx? When using the "-cmd_log=file" option I get
> >
> > key (null)
> >
> > when inserting a special character in a text field?!?
>
> not without patching the code.  I overlooked this case.  See LYKeymap.c
> around line 1177:
>
>         else
>             return 0;
>
> It's returning a null instead of providing some extra translation such
> as
>
>       else
>           sprintf(buf, "%#x", c);
>
> > (tried with "Lynx Version 2.8.5dev.7 (06 Jan 2002)" and "Lynx Version
> > 2.8.4rel.1 (17 Jul 2001)" on Debian/testing )
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >    Christoph
> >
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