[whatwg] Textarea Wishlist
Ryan Johnson
ryan at kiwi3.com
Thu Jul 1 13:29:55 PDT 2004
> Thnking 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.
>
How much of an undertaking do you think this will be? I.e. does anybody
realistically think a browser manufacturer will impliment this anytime
in the next 10 years? Guess I'm just curious, because I see it as such
an important feature. Being able to talk about, edit, and program code
of various types within a web browser that is capable of highlighting
and detecting errors (missing brackets, etc); would be nothing short of
revolutionary. Imagine rentacoder.com combined with SubThaEdit all in
your favorite web browser...
Anyway, I think that it might be quite a jump for manufacturers. I also
see that a standard language would need to be decided upon just to
describe the structure of the programming languages. Is it worth the
time to come up with suggestions and examples of a programming language
definition markup, or is my head in the clouds? - Ryan
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