Re: lynx-dev "sticky" things, and a half-serious proposal

[Leonid Pauzner]

18/10/99 16:5317-Oct-99 19:44 Klaus Weide wrote:

> It isn't a technical problem to provide yet more behaviors, it is more
> a question of configuration syntax complexity.  (And, probably, "Is
> just one key worth all this special attention".)

> Well, I have come up with the ultimate option:

> # The LAKABOFTIF option controls controls how lynx behaves when a
> # Left Arrow Key is pressed while the text cursor is at the Beginning
> # Of a Form Text Input Field (in line-edition mode).  The normal behavior
[...]
> # If no LAKABOFTIF option is specified, the default is to PROMPT
> # if the input field has been changed, and to never IGNORE or BEEP.
> # If the option is present but empty, i.e. just 'LAKABOFTIF:', The Left
> # Arrow key always has its PREV_DOC meaning (or other, if changed with
> # a KEYMAP options).
> #
> #LAKABOFTIF:PROMPT=IF_CHANGED

> Do you like it? :)
> Speak it loud several times: lakaboftif, and you'll never forget it for
Excellent! :))

> the rest of your life...  (seriously, I find it easier to remember such
> an artificial word than which-is-which among STICKY_INPUTS and
> STICKY_FIELDS.)