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Denis McMahon wrote:

> When I'm trying stuff out in a browser environment, I might use alert
> boxes for occasional outputs, or form elements for more non-interactive
> output.
> 
> Appending lines of output to a textarea can be useful eg:
> 
> function printScreen(str) {
> document.getElementById("id_of_textarea").value += str + "\n";
> }

You would.  *Any* fairly modern browser (even IE) has or can be augmented 
with an error console that you can print to in various ways, so *none* of 
those kluges are necessary anymore.


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