Contact the author of the patch if you have a problem with it. Please make sure you're applying the right patch to the right version of Lynx, it will save you a lot of grief. Also keep in mind that it is wiser to d'ownload a patch than to p'rint it since d'ownloading preserves such things as tab characters. The generic Lynx distribution does not contain SSL capability due to the US restrictions on the free distribution of cryptographic software. Patches are available for Lynx 2.8 which will provide for SSL functionality.
Lynx has a Japanese homepage which has an English version as well.
In any case, these are CGI scripts that'll preformat table output for Lynx. Thomas Zerucha's http proxy is capable of pre-processing HTML, among other things making tables prettier.