Re: lynx-dev -dump with form data

[# aurelio marinho jargas]

hi klaus,

> Klaus wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, # aurelio marinho jargas wrote:
> > is there a way of the -dump option to dump the contents of the
> > filled forms (textfield, textarea) of the page?
> >
> > i used to automatize the babelfish.altavista (systran) on-line
> > translator to a lynx command line script, but now the new version
> > of the translator put the results in a html textarea.
> 
> You don't seem to have a problem with preparing the request[*], but
> with getting at the contents of the response.  Is that correct?

yep.
 
> > ok, i can use -source, but isn't there a way with -dump?
> 
> If you mean that (textfield, textarea) are shown as
>       __________________________________________
> rather than with the initial (value, content) -
> there is currently no way to change that for -dump.  This would
> require source changes.

yes, that is exactly the problem.

 
> Putting stuff that's is never meant to be submitted back in a
> textarea is an abuse of HTML.  Ask Altavista not to do that.

i agree with you 100%, but altavista did it &:(
i'll send them a message about it (althought i think they will just
ignore me...)


> If you can give detailed information - like a full URL for testing,
> with all the relevant data - I could look at it and maybe suggest
> a workaround.

one workaround is to use -source instead -dump, them i just have to do
some modifications on the sed filter to print just the translated
message, ignoring de HTML code. i've already did it.

btw, the url is: 
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/raging/translate.dyn?doit=done&BabelFishFrontPage=yes&bblType=urltext&urltext=apple&url=http%3A%2F%2F&lp=en_pt";

to translate the english word 'apple' to portuguese.
the answer comes on the textarea named 'q'

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i'm asking this because w3m do get the textarea data on the dump, and
maybe lynx could do it too (with a cool -option). not comparing, just
asking for a feature...



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