Re: lynx-dev Lynx, colors and VT100

[Ismael Cordeiro]

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 address@hidden wrote:

> > But this is a contradiction in terms. 
> 
> yes (I don't think I should argue, since people are likely to forget this)

If they forget and have problems getting color witha VT100 terminal emulator
I'll be here to help them.

> > If VT100 does not support color, which others have stated is a fact,
> > then a "vt100 emulator" cannot support color, because it is no longer a
> > vt100 emulator. It could be called a "vt100-ish emulator that also
> > supports color", but by definition a vt100 emulator cannot support color
> > if it is true that actual vt100 terminals do not display color.
> 
> IC's point is that a vt100 is whatever he chooses to call a vt100.

It's not me who called them VT100 or VT102, the programmers did.

Ismael
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