On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 11:08:02 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote: > Dear list: > I have been investigating a "quirk" of the Arachne F4 function which is > so convenient to edit html. > Once again I lost a .htm document when the "save to download" screen came > up instead of the expected rendered html.
This can be a bit of a heart starter, but I think if you just go ahead and save it as SOMETHING, your work isn't lost is it ? > The problem turnes out to be like the dreaded email eating problem I > struggled with last year. > Being a keyboard person I rarely use the mouse for anything. The F4/F2 > combination for editing html is wonderfully convenient. The trouble is > that if the mouse cursor is over an active region then it messes this > up! The important thing is that the TEXT cursor must be active in the edit window if you want to be sure something good will happen. <G> > Ironically, if the mouse cursor is over "save and view" button and you > hit F2 then it does not save and view. This is an example of two > positives making a negative! That is unfortunately correct as probably everyone that uses the keyboard has learned. The only way to get the cursor over the "Save and view" button is to Tab it there, thus escaping from the edit window. This is NOT safe. Do NOT use F2. (Sorry, mea non culpa) When the text cursor is active, the "finger" is pointing at the lower right corner of the edit window. F2 time. ;-) > Moral: > Beware the mouse pointer! Yup. - Clarence Verge - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
