Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Setting up a fund for specific development?

[David Combs]

> From address@hidden Thu Jan  8 15:38:28 1998
> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 17:49:02 -0500 (EST)
> From: Greg Stark <address@hidden>
> 
> 
> I was partially responsible for Emacs-W3's table implementation and I test it
> frequently on various real sites. I can tell you that Emacs's auto-show-mode
> (which scrolls the screen horizontally when the cursor moves off the edges)
> was a real saviour and without it the table support would be much less useful.
> In fact I think Emacs-W3 now turns on auto-show-mode by default now.
> 
> The problem is primarily that things like image alt tags and URLs cannot be
> broken mid-word. And the table auto-sizing algorithm always makes columns wide
> enough for the widest word in the column. Most sites I see end up over 80
> columns but are usable precisely because of horizontal scrolling. 
> 
> Another area horizontal scrolling would be nice would be in the source viewing
> page. There if there's a long URL as far as I know there's no way to read it
> in Lynx. You have to save it to a text file and open it up in your editor. 
> 
> greg
> 
> 

I use gnu emacs 19.34.

Please, what is this "Emacs-W3"?

(I responded to the list instead of private
mail because several of us might be interested
in this -w3 emacs.)