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Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums")
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David Hardy |
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Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums") |
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Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:32:17 +0100 |
address@hidden (Larry W. Virden) wrote:
> The point of concern is that lynx implements a form's textarea specfications
> as the maximum number of rows (and columns? I forget the status of
> this question) rather than as the minimum.
>
> The problem of course is how do we in a text window implement textarea
> in such a way that one can _leave_ the textarea. Any control
> character chosen means that character can not easily be used within
> the textarea itself.
>
> I wonder if the tab key might be able to be used to indicate that one
> wants to move from the textarea to the next field on the page (assuming
> there is another place on the page to which one can move...)
Another possibility is to use a special character to introduce a
function, preferably one that's not commonly used in input into a text
area. For example, if \ were the special character then \ followed by
anything other than another \ could mean 'do the associated function'
(for example, \ followed by left-arrow would mean 'back out to the
next higher link') while \\ would mean 'put a \ in the text area'.
This is similar to the trick used by the C language in strings to
introduce control characters.
David
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Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"), Lloyd G. Rasmussen, 1998/04/24
Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"),
David Hardy <=
Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"), Laura Eaves, 1998/04/24
Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"), David Combs, 1998/04/24
Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"), David Combs, 1998/04/24
Re: lynx-dev TEXTAREA (was Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"), Howard Kaikow, 1998/04/27