Re: Lynx help por favor :-)

[Peter Hinchliffe <hinchlif@numbat>]

On 30 Mar 1995, Louis C Cornelio wrote:

> 
> Help! I may be only person on my server to still be using
> a venerable antique like an Apple II ( & proud of it!)
> which means I can't get any help there, so I must turn to you,
> the pros!
>  
> I use Lynx to navigate www & I have the Lynx helpfile
> but see no solution to this problem:
> links are all shown as reverse video, as boldface & color change
> can't be done. The problem, is that there is no way to know which
> link I'm on ( since nothing can be "highlighted" as links are already
> reverse video) so I'm forced to do a =  every tiome to check where I am.

I'm in precisely the same situation as you - the only one on my server 
using an Apple II (gs). Like you, I too was put onto Lynx by Koe Kohn, 
and for some time the only way I could use it was by telnetting to 
hnsource.cc.ukans.edu. I use ANSITerm on my IIgs, and using Lynx from 
Kansas is a pure delight - the current link is in inverse, but the other 
links are colored differently from the body text. Of course, this will be 
impossible if you are using a IIe, or ProTERM (or even Spetrum) on a IIgs.

I managed to get Lynx installed on my local server (and I think I'm the 
only one using it) but it is currently set up so that all the links are 
inverse. I have asked my system administrator to change it, but so far 
nothing has happened. I still find it usable with both ANSITerm _and_ 
PoTERM, though, since it HAS been set up with a flashing underline cursor 
which helps to show which link is active. This might be one way out 
for you.  

>  
> A minor problem, but maybe there is a solution in configuration?
> At least you won't  tell me to get a Mac!  ;-)
>  

Don't get a Mac



Peter Hinchliffe

Perth, Western Australia