Re: lynx-dev [PATCH 2.8.3.dev6] patch that will prevent returning to the previous

[Klaus Weide]

On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 1999, Vlad Harchev (address@hidden) said:
> 
> |  Will TEXTAREA_STOP_AT_LEFT_EDGE be ok as lynx.cfg setting? What do you
> | suggest?
> 
> I haven't tried your patch, 

I haven't tried it either, but someone should figure out what it does
before discussion of how to name the option to control it makes sense.

It seems the
     c = HTConfirmDefault(PREV_DOC_QUERY, NO); 
which only gets triggered if the field has been changed during *this*
line-editing "session" let's the user confirm "Yes, I want to go back
to the previous document" and then that reply is ignored anyway.  This
patch isn't usable as-is, unless I am overlooking something very basic.

> but it seems to me that the behavior for the
> left-arrow key ought to be the same for *all* text entry fields, not just
> TEXTAREA fields (maybe it is, and it's just your use of TEXTAREA that is
> confusing).

Yep.  It applies to all text input fields.  Including
textarea, INPUT type=text, type=password, (type=file?)?

   Klaus