- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:49:17 +0200
James Graham wrote: > James Graham wrote: > >> I was having thoughts about a somewhat similar feature - the ability to >> specify a input 'language' for a text-area > > Thinking a little more, I think that the first partt of this idea alone (i.e. > an attribute to specify the data type expected in a text area) would be > useful enough to implement alone. This would allow browsers to implement > syntax highlighting, check for XML well-formedness and provide access to > helper applications relevant to the data type. > > So something that would roughly work: Add an optional dataformat (better > name?) attribute that takes a URI. ... The behavior of the UA in response to > the presence of the attribute is not specified. I like this idea. I think even having a helper application for text/plain would be useful. Click a button somewhere and the browser opens up the file in your favorite editor. Make your edits. Hit Save, and the new text appears in the textarea. ~fantasai -- http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact
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