Re: lynx-dev A bug in the keymap handling?

[mattack]

On Tue, 11 May 1999, Philip Webb wrote:
>990510 Keith Doyle wrote: 
>> I see a link low on the page that I want to get to
>> and think "down" and hit the down key like I would
>> in any other text oriented application I've ever seen
>> and find it instead goes to the right
>> and takes forever to get down to the link
>> as it horizontally cycles through the arrays of links on most pages.
>
>i don't know about the bug you may have found
>due to some hidden tie of Enter to Down,
>but the simple solution to your problem above is to use numbered links:
>you can set that via the Options page,
>then if you want to goto your link low on the page
>it will be numbered eg [27] & you simply enter  27  to go off there

Actually, what he wants (and what I would use if it were available)
is "keyboard navigation" as in GUIs.. (Such as in Finder windows on the
Mac and GS).  Arrow keys move around in the direction of the arrow you're
pushing.

This may not actually work well in practice, but it would be interesting to
play with.