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Re: lynx-dev the necessity of numbering each line in textarea


From: Philip Webb
Subject: Re: lynx-dev the necessity of numbering each line in textarea
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 21:55:03 +2000 (EDT)

990731 Vlad Harchev wrote: 
> When "links and form fields are numbered" is in effect,
> each line in textarea is numbered.  When growing textarea,
> the numbers of all links below textarea are recalculated
> (and fixed on the screen immediately).
> when the number of digits in the number of given link increases
> the line in which this link starts becomes wider.
> If there are several links in the line, in worst case
> the line will be become wider by the number of links starting in that line.
> Seems the code currently present is buggy
> Also this concept makes any rendering unreliable
> e.g. justified texts or upcoming rendered tables.
> Seems renumbering link numbers due to textarea growth is the only case
> when the HText structure changes
> this inhibits the use of very smart memory allocation schemes.
> So, the question is: is it so useful to number each line in textarea? 
> Please state your opinion.
 
a very good point: `number form fields' doesn't imply
`number each line of textarea', esp with the new editing ability.
i would recommend assigning a number to the textarea as a whole,
but not numbering subsequent lines.

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