Re: lynx-dev Lynx, text areas, and long line wrapping question

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Larry W. Virden wrote:

> I have noticed that at times when I enter a particularly long line in a
> text area, lynx asks me if I want to wrap it - I never do.  However in
> some cases, lynx goes aheads and wraps it after asking and me saying no.

I haven't exercised that a lot - is it wrapping the text due to limits
in the form field, or just arbitrarily?  (I only recall seeing it work
as documented; the main problem with textarea is that it doesn't shrink
when you delete lines).

>
> That seems rude.  If lynx is going to insist on wrapping, then asking me
> is the wrong thing to do.  But my preference is that lynx never wrap
> my lines, because the application in question DEPENDS on the long lines
> staying unwrapped...
>

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