lynx-dev Tab & other keys (was Mouse)

[Philip Webb]

990109 Larry Virden wrote:
> The tab link is different from all the others:
> it skips past intervening text to the next hyperlink in the document.

this doesn't happen for me (see my key list below):
like Down-arrow, if there is a link on the same page, it goes there;
if not, both act like Space (goto next page).

990109 Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> One nice thing about using TAB is when you're in a forms text-input area,
> a single TAB will take you to the next link/textarea,
> whereas down-arrow only takes you to the next line within the textarea.

this is true, but rather remarkable,
since Tab & Down-arrow are both given the same meaning in my key listing.
here's what  k  gives me, ie the default without conscious changes by me:

<tab>       NEXT_LINK     make the next link current
Down Arrow  NEXT_LINK     make the next link current

how can  NEXT_LINK  give different behaviours depending on key used?
shouldn't this be reflected in `Current Key Map'?

also i note the following apparently otiose default bindings:

^F          NEXT_PAGE     view the next page of the document
<space>     NEXT_PAGE     view the next page of the document
+           NEXT_PAGE     view the next page of the document
,           NEXT_PAGE     view the next page of the document

all  4  have the same effect, as advertised,
so presumably this gives  3  keys available for new uses, if required.

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