lynx and multiline edit fields

[Igor Gueths]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Thanks for the reply...I knew I could run an editor on a field, just 
didn't know how to do it...I think <textarea> is good for some things, 
but not others...
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 04:16:00PM -0500, Luke Davis wrote:
> Display, no, but you can do control x, then e.
> This will transfer you to an editor (I use nano), where you have some more
> control over the text.
> 
> If your editor shows only portions of lines (lines that are wider than the
> screen, and don't automaticly wrap), you can add a space, save back out to
> lynx, tell it to "wrap lines to fit displaied area", then control X E
> again.
> You should then have wrapped lines, in a better-than-lynx format.
> 
> It's a PITA.  I don't blame lynx, however--I blaim the @^&*# web
> developers, who place terms of service agreements, and things of that
> sort, within textareas.
> 
> Luke
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 May 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > <textarea> is one of the HTML tags that's a real dinosaur.
> >
> > Igor Gueths writes:
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > Hash: SHA1
> > >
> > > Hi all. Is there any way to get Lynx to propperly display multi-line
> > > edit fields without most of the contents scrolling off the terminal?
> > > Thanks!
> > > - --
> > > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
> > >
> > > iD8DBQFAlb30Nohoaf1zXJMRAuVlAJ44F5T97y6IVSo+mHutdCkbOOIl+ACdEXDI
> > > mF+vHNNUpMDYRP5O4Zu9GY0=
> > > =MSP/
> > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> Foreign Aid: Taxing poor people in rich countries for the benefit of
> rich people in poor countries. - Bernard Rosenberg
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

- -- 
Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFAmVzLNohoaf1zXJMRAv1zAKCmhoJ2c9FAAQ1JaILHrgqUsN6xwQCfdcGx
XJoSf8eFHBiOupQCl9jfIls=
=mjpj
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----