Re: lynx-dev Re: 8-bit characters in EDITTEXTAREA

[Laura Eaves]

> From: "Leonid Pauzner" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 00:27:20 +0300 (MSK)
>...
> Are you on a DOS mashine and use a communication program to connect a UNIX
> account where lynx is running on?  If yes, learn your _communication program_
> whether it "translate" input/output characters or use keyboard remapping,
> try to disable any kind of character translation - it should be transparent
> and 8bit clean.

I already did that -- I'm running ProcommPlus on DOS logging onto UNIX.
Char translation is turned off in ProComm.

> Are you sure you need cp437 display in lynx?

Yes, I tried various choices for display charset in lynx and cp437
seemed to be the most accurate.

> Try lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html
> and test/unicode.html from the lynx sources distribution.

Done -- cp437 still seems to be the closest fit.  (I tried several but not all.)

Note: alt135 == 0x0087, which wasn't in the table.
I'm probably misunderstanding something.
Any comments appreciated.
--le