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Re: lynx-dev Which key for textarea external editor?


From: Philip Webb
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Which key for textarea external editor?
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 20:30:07 -0500 (EST)

991113 Klaus Weide wrote: 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
>> Reading feedback, seems the consensus reached:
>> ^E^E as default mapping for any key binding table,
>> also ^Xe for those who use bash-like binding (at least).
> it seems to be either ^E^E in all bindings or ^Xe in all bindings.
> With ^Xe, something like ^E^E wouldn't really be necessary.

also, i seem to remember some people (LV?) have problems with  ^e^e .
 
> So is it acceptable to change ^X for all bindings?
> Is nobody speaking up in favor of keeping ^X==ERASE?

i've already voted in favor, so won't vote again.
 
> typing ^X in the line editor doesn't give an immediate indication
> that Lynx is waiting for another key.

a good point: why not add a command-line message?
eg "^x is the text-area escape character: please enter a Lynx command".

>> the documentation should be corrected in several plases
>> now we have several paragraphes in User Guide about ^V
>> and possible workarounds for ^V^V,
>> notes in keystrokes/edit_help.html, alt_edit.html, lynx.cfg, else?
> Yes...
 
documentation should ALWAYS be updated AS PART OF any coding changes
which change Lynx behaviour.

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