Using lynx to Dump a text file in to a Web Form

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Tim here.  If your focus is on a text-entry field, using control-x
followed by control-e will save the content to a temporary file and
then open your configured editor (whether in your lynx configuration,
your $VISUAL environment variable, or falling back to your $EDITOR
environment variable) pointed at that file.  You can then merrily
edit the file. When you save & quit (or just quit without saving) the
file that was on disk will become the contents of the text-entry
field.

It also happens to be the same key-combination used in bash to invoke
your $EDITOR/$VISUAL on the command you're currently typing so you
can edit the command with the full power of that editor.

Hope this helps,

-Tim

On December  7, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I once knew a key sequence one could run in a case of having a
> multi-line form such that one could dump a formatted text file in
> to that form.
> 
> 	I have forgotten what a person does but the case where
> this works is let's say, a situation where you are prompted to
> enter a message followed by a bunch of empty lines that fill as
> you type.
> 
> 	You type what to put in to those lines and then bring up
> the web page and go to the input form and then I think lynx
> prompts for the name of your text file and you type that in and
> off it goes.  One usually ends up with the basic format of your
> file neatly filling the form which you can then just send.
> 
> 	If lynx is the browser, what is the correct procedure to
> do this?
> 
> 	Thanks.
> 
> Martin McCormick
> 
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