Re: lynx-dev Final dev15 patch for TEXTAREA edit feature (I hope)

[Leonid Pauzner]

4-Feb-99 11:03 Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> Hopefully, this will be the last full patch for the TEXTAREA edit
> feature that I'll be making against -dev.15, but I wanted to try
> and get it into the next (dev.16) release, as it fixes quite a few
> things.


>  4. Attempting to edit (^Ve) a TEXT field (not a TEXTAREA), is now
>     blocked, with the user getting an error msg.

Just a minore wording - please apply this patch after yours.
I hate numerous statements of "mapped to... by default":
the non-default case assumed to be a special case,
I add a note in lynx.cfg instead of trying to push
every user to check mapping.
(BTW, "^Ve" seems to be frozen into a status message)


diff -u old/alt_edit.htm ./alt_edit.htm
--- old/alt_edit.htm    Fri Feb  5 12:48:20 1999
+++ ./alt_edit.htm      Fri Feb  5 16:47:26 1999
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
      UPPER  Upper case the line   -  Ctrl-^
      LOWER  Lower case the line   -  Ctrl-_

-     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  Ctrl-V (in form text areas, only) [2]
+     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  Ctrl-V (in form input fields, only) [2]

 [1] "next" means the character "under" a box or underline style cursor; it
      means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between characters) type
      cursor.

-[2]  Follow Ctrl-V with the key bound to the EDIT function (default: "e"),
-     to edit the textarea using an external editor.
+[2]  Follow Ctrl-V with the key "e" bound to the EDIT function,
+     to edit the form's textarea field using an external editor.
 </pre>
 </body>
 </html>

diff -u old/edit_hel.htm ./edit_hel.htm
--- old/edit_hel.htm    Fri Feb  5 12:48:20 1999
+++ ./edit_hel.htm      Fri Feb  5 16:47:46 1999
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@
      UPPER  Upper case the line   -  Ctrl-T
      LOWER  Lower case the line   -  Ctrl-K

-     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  Ctrl-V (in form text areas, only) [2]
+     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  Ctrl-V (in form input fields, only) [2]
      SWMAP  Switch input keymap   -  Ctrl-^

 [1] "next" means the character "under" a box or underline style cursor; it
      means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between characters) type
      cursor.

-[2]  Follow Ctrl-V with the key bound to the EDIT function (default: "e"),
-     to edit the text area using an external editor.
+[2]  Follow Ctrl-V with the key "e" bound to the EDIT function,
+     to edit the form's textarea field using an external editor.
 </pre>
 </body>
 </html>

diff -u old/lynx.cfg ./lynx.cfg
--- old/lynx.cfg        Fri Jan 29 13:13:46 1999
+++ ./lynx.cfg  Fri Feb  5 16:24:46 1999
@@ -1515,7 +1515,14 @@
 # provided below.  All of the mappings are commented out by default
 # since they just map to the default mappings, except for TOGGLE_HELP
 # (see below).  See LYKeymap.c for the complete key mapping.  Use the
-# 'K'eymap command when running Lynx for a list of the current mappings.
+# 'K'eymap command when running Lynx for a list of the _current_ keymappings.
+#
+# (However, in contrast to the output of 'K' command,
+# 'H'elp (lynx_help/*.html and lynx_help/keystrokes/*.html files) shows
+# the default mapping unless you change that files manually,
+# so you are responsible for possible deviations
+# when you are changing any KEYMAP below).
+#
 #
 # Special keys map to:
 #         Up Arrow: 0x100
@@ -1585,7 +1592,7 @@
 #KEYMAP:/:WHEREIS      # Find a string within the current document
 #KEYMAP:n:NEXT         # Find next occurrence of string within document
 #KEYMAP:c:COMMENT      # Comment to the author of the current document
-#KEYMAP:e:EDIT         # Edit current document
+#KEYMAP:e:EDIT         # Edit current document or form's textarea (call: ^Ve)
 #KEYMAP:E:ELGOTO       # Edit the current link's URL or ACTION and go to it
 #KEYMAP:=:INFO         # Show info about current document
 #KEYMAP:p:PRINT                # Show print options