Re: lynx-dev Edit TEXTAREA hot key

[Kim DeVaughn]

On Tue, Apr 27, 1999, Leonid Pauzner (address@hidden) said:
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| Reading the thread on INCLUDE extended syntax
| I recall the discussion on Edit TEXTAREA hot key:
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| It was proposed by Klaus to use ^E^E (Extended Edit).
| Seems much better than current ^Ve:
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| 1) ^V may not work as escape character with some unusual system configuraton,
| 2) ^V already overloaded by tagsoup mode and not so intuitive
| 3) ^E^E definitely easier to type.

While I agree that there should be something "better" than ^V for use as
a TEXT/TEXTAREA escape, I don't think using ^E is a good choice (unless
it is made configurable).

Reason is that ^E is the lienedit command char for the "move to the EOL"
command.

I *strongly* object to using that particular char for something else (ie,
an escape char), when in a TEXT or TEXTAREA field.


| I think we should change it before 2.8.2 because it will be
| a great compatibility problem to change hot keys later after release.

I agree.  Just *please* make the TEXT/TEXTAREA escape char user define-
able, with something akin to a KEYMAP statement.

/kim