Re: LYNX-DEV lynx color problem

[Wayne Buttles]

Sorry, should have read my mail in reverse.

Does it work in a non-long file name directory?

On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Atram Schultz wrote:

> Here's my current batch file:
> 
> @ECHO OFF
> set home=c:\webbro~2\lynx
> set temp=c:\tmp
> set lynx_cfg=c:\webbro~2\lynx\lynx.cfg
> set user=Atram
> c:\webbro~2\lynx\lynx.exe
> 
> I believe this batch file is locating my lynx.cfg correctly, because all
> the other options I set in it (i.e. startfile, domain, etc.) are being
> implemented.
> The colors are not.  I tried option 2 below, but this doesn't work for me
> either.
> To clear things up:  I *do* get the colors I want when I click on lynx.exe
> or a shortcut to it.  However, when I do this, my HOME directory is back in
> c:\tmp.
> I was just wondering if I could have the best of both worlds by getting the
> colors and the properly located bookmark file.
> 
> Atram
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Atram Schultz wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm running Lynx 2.7.1 on Windows95.  My lynx.bat is executing
> everything I
> > > want in lynx.cfg, except for the colors.  I've tried adding the
> '-color'
> > > option, but it doesn't work.  The only way I can get the colors I want
> is
> > > by clicking directly on the executable or a shortcut to it, which
> doesn't
> > > solve the problem of the misfiled bookmarks.  
> > 
> --
> > I may not understand exactly what you are doing, since I generally don't
> > use Win95. I believe, however, that the colors must be specified in the
> > lynx.cfg file. It sounds like your batch file is not locating the
> > lynx.cfg file properly. I suspect that there are 2 options: 1) set
> > LYNX_CFG in the batch file, pointing to the file with the full path, or
> > 2) run lynx as "lynx -cfg=path_and_name_of_lynx.cfg_file %1 %2 %3"
> > within the batch file.
> > 
> > What do you mean by "misfiled bookmarks"? Your default bookmark is
> > specified in lynx.cfg and is relative to HOME. You should specify a HOME
> > directory in  your batch file. I would start with multi-bookmark support
> > set off, and only turn it on when single bookmark is working properly.
> > 
>