Re: lynx-dev thoughts on adding new commands

[Webmaster Jim]

On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 11:43:35AM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> After looking through the archives for the past couple weeks, I noticed
> that Philip Webb said:
> 
> > we shouldn't use up too many scarce keys on this feature, [...]
> 
> This got me to thinking... since we're running out of keyspace, I think
> it's important that some sort of long-command-entry thing be added, so
> that this restriction will no longer apply.
> 
> Note that I am not volunteering to actually add this, as I do not (any
> more) have the Lynx code familiarity to do so.  I'm just suggesting one
> possible idea on how this could work, to provoke thought.
> [ ... ]
> Suppose that a ":" command were added, which would add a command line on
> the last line (or the third-to-last line, for "beginner" mode).  When you
> press : (or ^V: or ^V^V: as required), the status line would change to:

This has been asked before, and is on the Lynx TODO list (page on SLCC
which is currently unavailable). No one has coded it yet...

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