Re: lynx-dev Opinions on importing a file into a TEXTAREA

[Philip Webb]

990213 Kim DeVaughn asked about importing a file directly into a TEXTAREA:
> When imported, the file can:
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>  2. Begin on the TEXTAREA line the cursor is on when the cmd is invoked,
>     replacing it, and all lines below it, with the file's contents.
>  3. Be inserted in between the TEXTAREA line just above the cursor
>     (if there is one) & the line the cursor is on, at the time
>     the cmd is invoked.  None of the original TEXTAREA lines are replaced.
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> I personally favor 2), as it seems most logical to me.
> 3) might seem a better choice, but if one wants to insert text
> in the middle of some existing TEXTAREA lines, they are better off
> to do so with the aid of an editor (^Ve).  It is also likely
> they will want to insert whitespace above/below the imported file,
> which would then require the use of an editor anyway.
> I would expect this feature to mostly be used when adding
> a "canned" chunk of text, such as a signature block.
 
FWIW my vote is (3), as being the most flexible:
whitespace can be included in the inserted file, being standard;
an address or even a signature need not be at the end of the area.


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