Re: Lynx with the Apple

[schmaus@ee.ualberta.ca (Roy Schmaus)]

z008729b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Martin Gruen) writes:

>  I'm trying to use Lynx throught my local carrier, but with what's 
>highlighted, I can't tell if I select something.  A also have spurious 
>characters, and the words sometimes shift.  In all, I've nearly given 
>up.  
>  I've tried different emulation modes, but none have worked: ProTerm 
>2.x, 3.x; MegaTerm, ColorTerm.  All of these support vt's and/or ansi, 
>but none seem to work.  Has anyone had any luck traveling the web with an 
>Apple?  I'm stumped.

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    Try starting lynx with the :  lynx -show_cursor    , that will place a flashing 
cursor on your selections. Works fine even on my old ][+ Kermit VT100 emulation.

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