lynx-dev (Forward) modify to draw table

[Rob Partington]

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Date:    Mon, 05 Jul 1999 17:49:17 +0800
From:    Bernard Liang <address@hidden>
To:      address@hidden
Subject: modify to draw table

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have been assigned to extend lynx to be able to draw table.
Having downloaded the source code, I find that there is no "main ()"
anywhere in the {.c, .h} files, and am failing to compile the latest and
the previous versions under borland4.5C++
Q1) I haven't missed out any source code, have I?
Q2) Do you have any advice on how to study the 2000 pages of code?
Q3) Please can you give me some hint on the printing (user-displaying)
mechanism?
Q4a) Please can you give me some advice on how to draw tables? ..as I am
worried that there actually isn't a parser that can read something like
<TD COLSPAN=2>
Q4b)  which programs I need to study and modify, or even how to start?

The specification was to be able to draw out tables with boundaries using
only ascii alphabets and special characters, but it seems to me that it is
difficult enough already even without boundaries!

Thank you for your care in advance,

Yours faithfully,
MH Liang



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