Re: [Lynx-dev] Having trouble with colors and keys

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:56:47PM +0200, frank ernest wrote:
> I'm having trouble with lynx, I just got done configuring the config file and

It would be nice to get the version, e.g., "lynx -version":

        Lynx Version 2.8.9dev.2 (12 Mar 2014)
        libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, OpenSSL 0.9.8o, ncurses 5.9.20141018(wide)
        Built on linux-gnu Aug 24 2014 20:37:21

        Copyrights held by the Lynx Developers Group,
        the University of Kansas, CERN, and other contributors.
        Distributed under the GNU General Public License (Version 2).
        See http://lynx.isc.org/ and the online help for more information.

        See http://www.openssl.org/ for information about OpenSSL.

> placing it ~/.lynxrc.  The selected hyperlinks are green, but I never even
> used green in my config file.  Looking at the lynx manual, the words "http"

That sounds like the color-style configuration.  For instance, you can
see this by following the link to lynx.cfg near the bottom of the options
menu, and seeing the link for "color-style configuration" near the top
of that page.

You can override the color-style configuration.  I made a script "oldlynx"
which is in the sources, e.g.,

        http://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.8/breakout/samples/oldlynx

In recent-enough lynx, you can get the same color effect by using an empty
color-style file.

> "gopher" and others are overwritten with words from the next line.  I looked

I'm not sure - perhaps an incorrect terminal description (or locale mismatch).

> at the error file ".lynx_error" but nothing shows up so I'm guessing my
> configuration changes were accepable.  Also, I made some key binding changes
> and I'm wondering, will any conficts be reported?  And if not, then, can I

no - you can look for problems using the trace file (with --trace-mask set
to trace configuration changes):

       -trace_mask=value
              turn on optional traces, which may result in  very  large  trace
              files.  Logically OR the values to combine options:

...

              8  configuration  (lynx.cfg,  .lynxrc, .lynx-keymaps, mime.types
                 and mailcap contents)

> unbind some keys?  There are no directions in the lynx.cfg file for unbinding
> lynx functions, though removing the key associated with the value might work.

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Thomas E. Dickey <address@hidden>
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