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Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"
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Heather Stern |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums" |
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Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:08:51 -0800 (PST) |
I ate the fortune cookie first, then read what Jacob Poon wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, David Woolley wrote:
>>>>Apparently some buffer is overflowing and the charaacters are getting sent
>>>>to Lynx commands.
> >
> > Based on a fifteen minute look at the code, Lynx 2.7.2 violates the
> > July draft of HTML 4.0. What I think it is doing is converting textarea
> > into a series of text field internally and then re-assembling them when
> > it submits the form.
This would be okay, if it would allow more "lines" than the number asked for;
the question everyone is fighting over, seems to be how to do this without
locking the user into the TEXTAREA forever.
>As a result it can't scroll vertically.
I disagree with this being why it can't produce a user-viable result.
Long HTML pages don't scroll, they get repainted.
>The HTML 4.0 draft I have in hard copy says that neither the number of
> > rows nor columns should limit the amount of data entered.
> >
> > The problem then arises for Lynx of: how do you get out of the text area.
> > At the moment an excess CR or downarrow will do this, but if you make it
> > scrollable, you need another way out.
>
> I would treat the text area as a link. If I want to edit the content,
> just press enter will 'zoom in' to the text and allow me to edit
> internally (or externally, if possible). To exit, just press ^G (or ^C,
> but not recommended) will return to the normal view.
This is consistent with the way dBase III and dBase VI handled their memo
fields. ctrl-home to enter the memo field (launched your favorite text
editor, the built-in by default) and exit said editor to save.
If Lynx could spawn a seperate editor for TEXTAREA, similar to the way one
is spawned for mailto: URLs, I think the result would be fairly intuitive.
It also will save a lot of space onscreen in these web forums :)
Heather Stern . | . starshine.org * Starshine Technical Services
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- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", (continued)
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", David Woolley, 1998/03/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Ari Moisio, 1998/03/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Jacob Poon, 1998/03/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums",
Heather Stern <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", David Woolley, 1998/03/31
Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", David Combs, 1998/03/30