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Re: lynx-dev reverse search
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev reverse search |
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Thu, 27 Jul 2000 06:00:14 -0400 |
On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:53:00AM -0600, Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> I've been meaning to ask ...
>
> ... aside from the obvious "because nobody's coded it" answer, is there
> any reason why there's no reverse search function?
yes (the underlying issue is that the search would have to traverse a
lot of structure, not simply plain text).
> Yes, I know that a forward search "wraps", but that is often a PITA to
> get where I want to go.
>
> Is anybody else interested in this, or is it just me? If there's some
> interest, I'll look into adding it (sorry, no Javascript insights ATT :-) ).
I think a lot of people are interested, but few have time.
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- lynx-dev reverse search, Kim DeVaughn, 2000/07/27
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- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Vlad Harchev, 2000/07/27
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Kim DeVaughn, 2000/07/27
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Leonid Pauzner, 2000/07/27
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Larry W. Virden, 2000/07/27
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, David Combs, 2000/07/28
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Vlad Harchev, 2000/07/28
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, David Combs, 2000/07/28
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Vlad Harchev, 2000/07/28
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, Sergei Pokrovsky, 2000/07/29
- Re: lynx-dev reverse search, David Combs, 2000/07/28