LYNX-DEV Re: Slang version of lynx doesn't work in xterm in XFree86 3.2

[John E. Davis]

>I'm sending this to lynx-dev and to the author of slang. Lynx with slang
>(on Linux) doesn't work in xterm window under the new XFree86 (3.2). It
>just says "terminal not powerful enough for SLang", even when I set TERM
>to vt100.

The XFree86 version of xterm sets the TERMCAP environment variable to
an inappropriate value.  Either upgrade to slang 0.99-35 which ignores
the TERMCAP environment variable if TERM is xterm, or unset the
TERMCAP environment variable before running lynx.

--John
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