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Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"
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Howard Kaikow |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums" |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:06:19 -0500 |
I'll see if I can get the HTML source for one of those forum page.
I see the problem at the www.wopr.com site and I've seen the problem, as I
recall, at any site with a forum, e.g., SEagate has forums in which I
experienced the same problem.
At 08:23 AM 3/25/1998 +0000, David Woolley wrote:
>> These forums usually allow you to post/reply messages.
>> When doing so with Lynx, I usually see a very limited text entry mechanism
>> that allows, perhaps, a few lines of text to be entered.
>
>Can you give an example of the parameter on the TEXTAREA tag; it is quite
>possible that the limit is in the forms, not in Lynx. If they use INPUT
>elements, the form should probably be considered broken. It is also
>just possible they are using GET, in which case the parameters of the
>FORM tag would be useful.
>
>> It would be more effective if I could prepare such postings off line and
>> then paste or include a file with the desired text into the forum's text
>> entry area.
>
>If you have command line access, the best way of preparing offline is
>probably to use -post, or provide the data on the command line (can
>you supply the parameters of the FORM tag so we can see which it is
>expecting).
>
>
- LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", David Woolley, 1998/03/26
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums",
Howard Kaikow <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/26
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/26
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", T.E.Dickey, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Philip Webb, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Howard Kaikow, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Gregory S. Stark, 1998/03/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums", Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/27