I am sorry for the repetition; I was not aware I had to confirm my subscription to this mailing list, and so I might not have received any previous responses to this letter. If you have already responded, I have not received any mail, so please do share your response again … Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 23:11 Subject: Help customize: screen size, color, text size; status bar covers hotkey listing
Thank you for your time. I am an intermediate computer user, having failed to use multiple versions of Linux in the past (mostly Ubuntu). Currently using Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit, on the Surface Pro 4 in Japan (USA regional settings, English from first-time screen), I used the Win32 installer lynx-cs-setup.exe , likely from http://invisible-island.net/lynx/ ; I think it was “Current patch built with curses (color-style)”. My overarching problem is that manual installation and editing configuration files appears advanced; I don’t know what to do. I tried figuring it out months ago on an old MacBook Pro and wound up installing lynxlet instead after writing to you. I cannot use the Lynx main help and User Guide because I cannot see it (e.g. recurring blue text on black), and because it is not clear to me which section has the answers I seek; I don’t currently have time to read it cover-to-cover. My problems are: 1. The content does not resize with making the window larger; I’d like to use it full-screen in addition to any size. 2. Blue text is basically impossible for me to read against the black background. (I want to keep the black background.) 3. I would like to make the text larger. It is a little too small, difficult to see. 4. For ‘a name’ hyperlinks to a section of a webpage, there appears to be no text highlight when moving between them with the down arrow. (Example: http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/21 ; is there a way to copy-to-clipboard the current page’s URL from within Lynx?) 5. Text remains ‘burned onto’ the screen after navigating away, apparently from resizing the window – clicking the ‘maximize’ and ‘unmaximize’ button in the top-right window corner, and scrolling the text back into view after unmaximizing, and then navigating to a new screen. 6. The status bar, e.g. “press space for next page”, covered the hotkey info, i.e. the “H)elp O)ptions” etc. listing, I think after maximizing the window, possibly the first time I used it after installation. I have not been able to cause this problem to repeat. 7. I understand Lynx uses the terminal or something similar (bash?) and there’s a good reason why the mouse and clicking doesn’t work, but it would be nice if this feature could be implemented, to click on links (or use touchscreen). I could list other things I’d love to see, e.g. the “pinch out to zoom in” type touchscreen features. I found documentation seemingly related to problem #1, I think from the User Guide: >For win32, allow the console window to be resized to the given values. This >requires PDCurses 2.5. The values given are width,height. >Default value > SCREEN_SIZE:80,24 > Support for this setting was disabled at compile-time. Does this mean resizing the content to match window size is impossible if one has used the lynx-cs-setup.exe Win32 installer? Is there a better 64-bit version instead? I intend to browse the help documentation mentioned on the startup window eventually, but I have very little spare time. Would you please add this software to the Windows Store? I think it could become more popular. I did not find any Apps like Lynx searching for text web browsers. I am very grateful for a text web browser, and would like to become a supporter and proponent of it. In addition to being ad-free, I think it promotes mental health and productivity. Thank you for making it! (What programming languages would I need to learn to contribute?) Regards, DB
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