Re: lynx-dev [2.8.1] why no bold links?

[Leonid Pauzner]

6-Mar-99 07:16 address@hidden wrote:
>>
>> I just "upgraded" from 2.7.1 to 2.8.1 and was horrified to find that
>> links are no longer displayed in bold, instead they display in reverse
>> video (and the currently selected link is basically
>> indistinguishable).
>>
>> I configured with
>>
>> $ ./configure --with-screen=ncurses --enable-persistent-cookies
>>
>> which prpduced a build which wouldn't compile because it couldn't find
>> the file "curses.h". I symlinked curses.h to ncurses.h and it compiled
>> without complaint.  My system is linux. My ncurses version is 1.9.6.

> try reconfiguring (make distclean) and rebuilding.  (I don't recall if
> 1.9.6 will configure properly for the bold/underline stuff; since colors
> do not work properly before 1.9.9g with lynx, I've not spent a lot of
> time tuning it - I test-build occasionally against 1.9.4 and 1.9.9e).

>> I can't find anything about this in the INSTALL or PROBLEMS

We should probably add few numbers to INSTALLATION
what versions of ncurses are "essentially broken". Currently:

    NOTE:  Lynx is a curses-based application, so you must have a curses
    library available to link to.  Native curses (on the system when it was
    installed) are often broken, so you may get superior performance if you
    have either "ncurses" ("ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses";) or "slang"
    ("ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang";).  If you install these libraries
    in your home directory or a non-default location, you may need to set the
    CPPFLAGS (full path to include files) and LIBS (full path to library files)
    environment variables BEFORE running configure.  See "1d. Environment".
    Use the "--with-screen=ncurses" or "--with-screen=slang" option.

>> files. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Tim


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