lynx-dev lineeditor bindings (was: Sending mail)

[Klaus Weide]

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Harri Tuominen wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:05:16 -0700 (PDT) Doug Kaufman <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Harri Tuominen wrote:
> > > But have you removed the chance to edit textarea by an external editor?
> > > In the dev3 and dev5 "^ve" doesn't start "Q.exe", but in previous
> > > versions it does. I can use "Q" in all other situations without trouble.
> > 
> > This was a change in the standard lynx distribution (I think it was
> > Klaus's change). To have it work the way you were used to, edit
> > lynx.cfg and in the KEYMAP section put:
> > KEYMAP:e:DWIMEDIT
> 
> Thanks. Would it be a good idea to mention this in the "readme.dos"?
> Editing textarea externally is a very useful alternative for those who
> use a Braille display or a screen reading software.

You can also set "Line edit style" in the 'O'ptions Menu to "Bash-like
Bindings" (save the preference to disk if you like), and then use
"^xe" (without the KEYMAP change being necessary).  Control-x then acts
as a prefix key for various line-editing function.  See the related
Line Editor Help for some of the details.  (Yes, that's 'Control-x F1'
while in an input field - provided the F1 key works right).

Ultimately the statusline should give the right hint, but it doesn't
yet.

   Klaus