LYNX-DEV Re: Re: extended "show color" choice

[Hiram Lester, Jr.]

On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Jonathan Sergent wrote:

> That's why I think it needs to be two separate options, one to force
> color on when it's normally off (you're not a dentist but the patient
> wants a root canal, to paraphrase Hiram),

My analogy comes back to haunt me... :)  Anyway, this would have to be a
for Slang only option.  Ncurses/SysV/etc. does not have any idea how to
proceed in this case.  Slang really doesn't either, but it tries ANSI
color codes and trusts you to know whether they work or not. :)

> and one to force color off 
> when it's normally on (you're a dentist but the patient doesn't _want_ 
> a root canal),

This case is definitely a shortcoming in the development code which is
what Fote was saying when he mentioned my previous comments.

> and only one of those options should be available from 
> the options screen at a given time.

That's an interesting idea...

> wanting a root canal -> wanting colors (if you want colors as much
> as you want a root canal, for instance, like me).

Ouch, I feel sorry for you... ;)

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