lynx-dev textarea editing (was various things)

[Philip Webb]

990110 Leonid Pauzner wrote: 
> The actual text between <textarea> </textarea> may be of arbitrary size,
> as explicitely specified in HTML3.2 and HTML4.0, see quotation below.
> Text-area sizing parameters limit only a user-visible "window"
> for entering text (it is just a suggested presentation design),
> the textarea input should be scrolled inside this "window"
> as it done with GUI browsers but Lynx have a certain limitations here.
>    Example:  <TEXTAREA NAME=address ROWS=4 COLS=40>
>              Your address here ... </TEXTAREA>
>    rows
>           Specifies the number of visible text lines. Users should be
>           able to enter more lines that this, so user agents should
>           provide some means to scroll through the contents of the
>           textarea field when the contents extend beyond the visible area.
> 
>    cols
>           Specifies the visible width in average character widths. Users
>           should be able to enter longer lines that this, so user agents
>           should provide some means to scroll through the contents of the
>           textarea field when the contents extend beyond the visible
>           area. User agents may wrap visible text lines to keep long
>           lines visible without the need for scrolling.
 
this emphasises that providing editing ability for textareas
is not merely a convenience, but required by HTML specs:
it's one area in which the Big Two are ahead of Lynx
& further encouragement for KD, if needed.

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