Re: LYNX-DEV Using Lynx woth web "forums"

[Ari Moisio]

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, David Woolley wrote:

> > >
  How about spawning external editor when needed, for example keystrokes
^V E in textarea field.  Some care must be taken about line lenght
wrapping text after editin or or makin 'rulers into newly edited text and
removing them after editin, somethin like  this:

### MAXIMUM LINE LENGHT #######################################
_
### MAXIMUM LINE LENGHT #######################################


> > >Apparently some buffer is overflowing and the charaacters are getting sent
> > >to Lynx commands.
> 
> Based on a fifteen minute look at the code, Lynx 2.7.2 violates the
> July draft of HTML 4.0.  What I think it is doing is converting textarea
> into a series of text field internally and then re-assembling them when
> it submits the form.  As a result it can't scroll vertically.  The
> HTML 4.0 draft I have in hard copy says that neither the number of
> rows nor columns should limit the amount of data entered.
> 
> The problem then arises for Lynx of:  how do you get out of the text area.
> At the moment an excess CR or downarrow will do this, but if you make it
> scrollable, you need another way out.
> 
> However, I would say you are using the wrong approach if you try and
> manipulate the screen; you should be using -post_data on the command
> line.
> 
> > ><P><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.wopr.com/lounge/index.cgi?post";>
> 
> That parameter set should be compatible with -post_data; you just have
> to remember to URL encode everything.
> 
> > >spaces)<br><STRONG>Message:</STRONG><BR><TEXTAREA COLS=60 ROWS=5
> > >NAME="body" WRAP=VIRTUAL>
>                ^^^^   This parameter doesn't appear to exist in HTML 4.0
>                       unless it is a core attribute, which I doubt.
> 


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