Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 1 (section)

== Problem editing wikipedia articles with Lynx browser ==

I'm having trouble editing pages in certain situations. My access is
through a community freenet, using Lynx Version 2.7.1. My problem is
that when I want to add material in between what is already present in
an article, I cannot find a way to "insert another blank line" without
deleting what is already there. Any suggestions? [[User:Andrew Sly|Andrew Sly]] 19:30, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

:Maybe the ''overwrite'' function is on, and you should turn it off? [[User:Ludraman|L<small>UDRAMAN</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|T]] 19:42, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

:Ah, no, I know the problem you mean - Lynx uses a fixed number of independent lines to show the input box - ''Enter'' just moves you down a line. I've never worked out how to create a new one, either, although there must be a way. You could try looking through [http://lynx.isc.org/current/lynx2-8-5/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html the Lynx User's Guide]. ALternatively, Ctrl-X Ctrl-E (or, it seems, Ctrl-E Ctrl-E) will let you edit the textarea with your default editor - so on my system it popped up in ''Vim''. As soon as you save and exit, ''Lynx'' will pop back up with the new version of the text. - [[User:IMSoP|IMSoP]] 23:56, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)