Re: LYNX-DEV new version (fwd)

[Klaus Weide]

On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Philip Webb wrote:

> can anyone answer this man's questions about getting his terminal
> to reproduce Lynx screens reliably?
> 
> > On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Philip Webb wrote:
> > > 971116 Keel wrote to lynx-dev:
> > > > I have been using lynx for a long time with no complaints,
> > > > but now i am having considerable trouble with newest version.

> > Georgia Tech's dialup service runs Lynx 2-7-1 in a SunOS 5.5.1 unix shell
> > environment.
> > 
> > >  ^L  tells Lynx to refresh the screen to remove garbage.
> > 
> > when i do this, it refreshes, but doesnt solve the problem.  What you
> > might be able to tell me is when i use a terminal program from my home to
> > connect to Tech's dialup service, what screen emulation will allow Lynx to
> > display itself correctly?  I am currently and have been using a plain ANSI
> > emulation, and it has worked fine until now.

Why not try vt100?

Most basically, what Lynx thinks your terminal type is must agree with
what your emulation thinks it is.  You tell Lynx with the -term=... flag
or the TERM environment variable. (`export TERM=...' or `setenv term ...').

Then it may still be that a description for that terminal type is not
available in the terminfo or termcap database, or that it is wrong.
Whoever maintains the terminal descriptions should be asked.

Obviously something changed in your setup, and probably that was more than
just a change to a newer version of Lynx.  But we cannot know what it was.


   Klaus
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