Re: LYNX-DEV Java update

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Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:
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> 
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> >> So, as far as the project goes, I'm now looking at implementing a
> >> Javascript-like language in lynx.  I'll see how far this idea goes....
> 
> Why invent yet another language?  If I were going to do this, either building
> in support for JavaScript, or using a current embeddable language such as
> Tcl, Python, Perl, seems like the approach I would use.  Designing a language
> that only can be used by Lynx browsers seems less than optimal.  Lynx
> is unlikely to gain the community that JavaScript has.

I would definatly agree!

> >However, it may be good to start first with a way of managing
> >several "windows" into lynx ( it could look like different pages
> >you could switch between ): One of the most important
> >object used by javascript is called 'window'.. and javascript
> >would not be the same without it..
> 
> Does Slang provide multi-window support?  I suspect that ncurses does.
> Perhaps multiple windows could be handled in curses/ncurses/slang
> compiles of lynx.

Ncurses (or current versions thereof) does support windowing.  I would
suspent that slang does, since Jed (written by the same guy) does.

 -- James Mastros
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