Re: LYNX-DEV reverse video

[Foteos Macrides]

Laura Eaves <address@hidden> wrote:
>I've seen mail on lynx-dev and elsewhere
>about lynx displaying all links in reverse video.
>Since I always use -color I haven't noticed this, but
>today I tried the following:
>
>vanilla lynx (+fotemods 6/26/97) (not compiled with slang or fancy curses)
>indeed does display all links in reverse video so you can't identify
>the current link unless SHOW_CURSOR is TRUE.
>
>lynx...ac-0.23 built with slang but not using -color highlights the current 
>link
>with black on red background (using vt20).  (This is odd as my lynx.cfg
>doesn't define any of the attribute combinations as black on red.)
>Other links are normal (not bold) and so appear like other text.
>
>lynx+fotemods6/26/97 puts the current link in reverse and
>leaves the other links as normal text.

        If you build Lynx without either FANCY_CURSES or USE_SLANG defined,
then standout() is used for all links, and the cursor is forced to the
beginning of the current link whether or not you have show_cursor set
intentionally.  What standout() does depends on the curses package.
It is not necessarily reverse.  The fotemods code works perfectly when
I try it without either FANCES_CURSES or USE_SLANG defined on Scott's
solaris, so I suspect you're again misrepresenting the fotemods code.
Sigh...

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