lynx & transparency

[gkedrovs]

Does anyone know if Lynx can be configured with a transparent background (like my Mutt running in aterm in the screenshot link below)?

Thanks.

-Greg

[trc]

i can get it to work with a transperant eterm/aterm. try just opening a transparent eterm and running lynx. what happens?

[gkedrovs]

Nope. I get some ugly orange or puddy looking color.

My googling turned up something that said something about a ./configure option of --with-screen=slang

Know anything about that?

I simply did the standard
./configure
make
[su]
make install

-Greg

[gkedrovs]

Reading through the INSTALLATION file before running another ./config, I noticed ncurses and slang were called for. I upgraded both libs and reinstalled with the following ./configure options, and opening lynx in aterm got my transparent bg.

--enable-default-colors
--with-screen=slang

Thanks for the post, trc. Gave me a push in the right direction as to where to look, etc.

-gk

[mdwatts]

Well done.

How about writing up a short tutorial and posting it in the 'How I did it' forum. I'm sure many would appreciate the effort. Thanks.