Re: lynx-dev LYNX: reverse-search

[Leonid Pauzner]

47-Apr-99 07:45 Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Leonid Pauzner wrote:

>> It was discussed recently about adding a revere search functionality,
>> one of the main problems was a lack of hot-key space since most of the
>> keys are already used by lynx.
>>
>> Currently we have 'n' key for forward next search.
>> It would be logical enough to use capital "N" for backward search
                  I mean here "repeat search, opposite direction" -
                  this may be enough for majority of users,
                  leaving the question with mapping of '?'
                  for an interesting person.
> .....
>>
>> Any ideas?

> Currently:

>    (pre-backward-search)
>    lynx:    WHEREIS search forward  NEXT repeat search, forward

> Defaults:
>    #KEYMAP:/:WHEREIS
>    #KEYMAP:n:NEXT

> Other programs:

>    less:    '/' search forward      'n'  repeat search, last direction
>             '?' search backward     'N'  repeat search, opposite direction

>    vi:      '/' search forward      'n'  repeat search, last direction
>             '?' search backward     'N'  repeat search, opposite direction

> After backward search is implemented in lynx:

>    lynx:    WHEREIS search forward    NEXT  repeat search, last direction
>        WHEREIS_BACKW search backward  NEXT_REVERSE  repeat search, opposite
>                                                     direction

> It should be obvious how to map WHEREIS, NEXT, WHEREIS_BACKW, and
> NEXT_REVERSE by default so that the keys act as in other programs.
> People who want '?' to be WHEREIS_BACKW map it to WHEREIS_BACKW in
> lynx.cfg.  People who want '?' to be HELP as before map it to HELP in
> lynx.cfg.  The only remaining questions are what the default mapping
> for '?' should be if no mapping is specified in lynx.cfg, and, if the
> answer to that first question is "HELP as before", what other default
> default mapping (if any) should be provided for WHEREIS_BACKW.

> No new ideas here, just a repetition (as was your question).
OK.

>    Klaus