Re: lynx-dev Re: 8-bit characters in EDITTEXTAREA

[Leonid Pauzner]

12-Feb-99 14:48 Laura Eaves wrote:
>> From: "Leonid Pauzner" <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:01:07 +0300 (MSK)
>>...
>> What about Lynx prompt such as "/" search?
>> Does it ignore your alt135 character or not?

> It also ignores it on the / prompt.
> But again, outside lynx (at the shell prompt) it works
> as expected.

>> I guess you have keyboard mapped for iso-8859-1 input
>> but the font for cp437.

Are you on a DOS mashine and use a communication program to connect a UNIX
account where lynx is running on?  If yes, learn your _communication program_
whether it "translate" input/output characters or use keyboard remapping,
try to disable any kind of character translation - it should be transparent
and 8bit clean.

Are you sure you need cp437 display in lynx?
Try lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html
and test/unicode.html from the lynx sources distribution.

> How would I be able to tell?
> My understanding is that holding down alt and typing a decimal number
> enters the raw value of that character -- presumably in cp437.
> --le