show_color specifies how to set the color mode at startup. A value of
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"never" will force color mode off (treat the terminal as monochrome)
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at startup even if the terminal appears to be color capable. A value of
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"always" will force color mode on even if the terminal appears to be
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monochrome, if this is supported by the library used to build lynx.
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A value of "default" will yield the behavior of assuming
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a monochrome terminal unless color capability is inferred at startup
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based on the terminal type, or the -color command line switch is used, or
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the COLORTERM environment variable is set. The default behavior always is
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used in anonymous accounts or if the "option_save" restriction is set.
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The effect of the saved value can be overridden via
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the -color and -nocolor command line switches.
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The mode set at startup can be changed via the "show color" option in
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the 'o'ptions menu. If the option settings are saved, the "on" and
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"off" "show color" settings will be treated as "default".