Re: lynx-dev screen-problem

[dickey]

> 
> Dear Sirs, 
> I am using a VT100 TERMINAL connection to my provider in Vienna, who has 
> installed LYNX 2.8.1. Though I am able to surf the internet, I encounter 
> the following serious problems: 

need more info:

what platform, what libraries (e.g., Solaris with curses).

what terminal description (terminfo or termcap, $TERM value and the actual
infocmp or termcap listing).

> 1. All text seems to be highlighted on my black screen, so I can't see the 
> links. Just the cursor position tells. 
> 2. When I try to enter text eg. a searchword in a search engine, it will 
> be printed at the line below the text field. When using the down arrow 
> to move to any other field therafter, I get a linefeed, so the cursor moves 
> still further away from the position it is meant to be. If I guess well 
> where I am, I still get a search result. 
> I want to add, that my VT100 Terminal works allright with PINE and any 
> other applications. 
> Many thanks for bothering. 
> Peter Postl 


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