Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.15 - textarea editing

[Leonid Pauzner]

28-Jan-99 23:31 Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Philip Webb wrote:
>> 990128 Greg Marr wrote:
>> > At 03:56 PM 1/28/99 , Bela wrote:
>> >> Enhancement request: add a way to expand form textareas *on-screen*
>> >> without invoking external editor.  e.g. suppose I've filled 10 lines
>> >> of a 10-line on-screen textarea, then use "edit externally"
>> >> and add an 11th line.  As I understand it, on return to Lynx,
>> >> I'll see the new contents, all 11 lines' worth --
>> >> the on-screen space will have expanded.  The request is,
>> >> now that we know how to do that, add another key which means
>> >> "skip the editor, just gimme another blank line at the bottom
>> >> of this textarea my cursor is in".
>> > Someone else asked recently about being able to paste a text file
>> > into a textarea.  It can be done through the external editor,
>> > but having an "Insert File" function might be nice.
>>
>> we shouldn't use up too many scarce keys on this feature,
>> but we could presumably use control-keys with special meanings
>> which are confined to form fields, as  ^v  is already.

There may be a compromize:
instead of "(text entry field)..." status line message
we may use "(textarea entry field) use XX for external editor"
where XX is the actual KEYMAP mapping (and check that editor is not restricted
e.g. for -anonymous users, I have not looked at whether it is done or not).
"Not in TEXTAREA" warning may be not required also, just ignore sighlently.

> Instead of "wasting" a key, this could be done by adding a special
> kind of link under the textarea, like internally generating the
> equivalent to <A HREF="lynxspecial:expand-textarea">Expand text area</A>.

> The bigger problem is having to modify an already-finished HText
> document structure.  It is doable, but would be very tricky.
> Easier under simplifying assumptions (like: there are no unexpected
> anchors on the line after which we want to insert more lines.)
> Would have to adjust all TextAnchors after that point.

>     Klaus