On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:20:54PM -0500, Sean McGuire wrote: > I have a problem that I hope someone here can help me with. > > I have compiled both lynx2.8.5dev.9 and 2.8.4 --with-screen=slang > and --enable-default-colors for i386 3.0 Debian Linux (kernel 2.4.18); I > have tried both slang-1.4.4 and slang-1.4.6. > > Whenever the "Show color" option is set to OFF using the options screen, the > display refreshes with/changes to color, no matter what the terminal type. > This results in color activating just by visiting the options page and > choosing "Accept Changes". The color can be forced off with the NEVER > option. Using the -nocolor command line option starts the application in > monochrome, but exhibits the same problem when visiting the Options page.
probably it just crept in at some point (a quick check with 2.8.4 shows the same issue - point being that the people who do use lynx+slang don't report problems often). > Since -anonymous mode only allows ON or OFF, this results in -anonymous > users getting color every time they change ANY option, rendering their > monochrome terminals unuseable (no bold differentiation or prompt). Even > when using VT100, the program starts with the "Show color" option off and > working correctly; however, whenever any option is changed, colors are > activated. > > I have tried this with ncurses and it behaves correctly, but slang renders > better for me on a variety of terminals. that's not a problem with ncurses or slang, but a user configuration issue. (if you disagree, you should be providing more detail) > Is this behavior by design or a bug? Is there a new config setting I should > set to allow OFF to actually work? Version 2.8.3 worked as I expected. Any > ideas would be greatly appreciated. it sounds like a bug... -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
