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Re: radio buttons with. checkbox

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emf wrote:

> On 2012-08-21 08:33 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> emf wrote:
>>> On 2012-08-20 10:25 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> however, I have made some idiotic mistakes or asked foolish questions
>>> that I would rather not have associated with my real name in perpetuity.
>>
>> IOW, you are not willing to stand by your mistakes,
> 
> or that I have made same real serious blunders that I would rather not
> be reminded of.

AISB.  We all did serious blunders once.  One of them is not to post under 
one's real name on Usenet, which is there to learn.
 
>> <input type="reset" onclick="…">
> 
> I'll work on it, though at this point I do not understand the difference
> between setting the type to reset instead of button, if what will happen
> is determined by the onclick.

A reset button works regardless whether there is client-side script support.

>>> I've been thinking one day of using subscripts in JavaScript code too
>>> (C₁, C₂ instead of C1, C2) but that will have to wait until at least all
>>> the main fonts contain U-2070 to U-2090 characters (like the DejaVu
>>> fonts do).
>> Subscripted numbers must not be part of an Identifier or IdentifierName
>> as they are not within the allowed subsets, see the ECMAScript Language
>> Specification, 5.1 Edition, section 7.6:
>>
>> <http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-7.6>
> 
> As things are going, I think it's a matter of time when we will be able
> to use subscripts too.

That would be unwise.

>> However, it will probably not be backwards-compatible to JScript <
>> 5.5.6330, JavaScript < 1.5, V8 < 3.7.12.12, JavaScriptCore < 531.22.7,
>> Opera < 7.02, and KJS < 4.6.5.  It will also require the file to be
>> encoded using a Unicode or compatible encoding, such as UTF-8, and the
>> encoding declared as such when transmitting it via HTTP.
> 
> I always use UTF-8 and always declare it in the http. Also, more often
> than not, I save even txt files in Unicode.

You mean in _a_ Unicode _encoding_.  If you are only writing for yourself, 
that's fine.  You did not even ask about the compatibility concerns that I 
raised – you have a lot to learn.

> Thinking to use π was a sudden flash of inspiration - why not? It should
> be possible! - and I was happy to find out that it worked OK.

At least Lea Verou had that flash of inspiration months ago (regardless what 
could be said about her other attempts at client-side script programming).
 

PointedEars
-- 
When all you know is jQuery, every problem looks $(olvable).

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radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-18 10:03 -0400
  Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-18 17:36 +0200
    Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 09:30 -0400
      Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 12:11 -0400
        Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-20 14:00 +0200
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 09:05 -0400
            Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-20 16:11 +0200
              Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 05:25 -0400
                Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-21 14:36 +0200
                Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-22 12:24 +0200
      Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-20 12:13 +0200
      Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-20 16:27 +0200
        Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-20 21:58 +0200
        Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 10:58 -0400
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-22 10:41 +0200
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-08-22 10:14 +0000
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-22 14:31 +0200
  Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-18 19:18 +0200
    Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 08:29 -0400
      Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-20 16:25 +0200
        Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 06:06 -0400
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-21 14:33 +0200
            Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 10:51 -0400
              Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-22 11:42 +0200
              Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-22 14:27 +0200
            Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Dr J R Stockton <reply1234@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-22 20:24 +0100
              Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-23 11:06 +0200
                Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Dr J R Stockton <reply1234@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-25 17:01 +0100
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Dr J R Stockton <reply1234@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-22 19:58 +0100
        Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-22 02:20 -0400
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-22 10:44 +0200
          Re: radio buttons with. checkbox SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-22 14:40 +0200
            Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-08-26 00:16 -0400
            Re: radio buttons with. checkbox emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 07:19 -0400
    Re: radio buttons with. checkbox David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 21:02 -0700
      Re: radio buttons with. checkbox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-04 13:44 +0200
        Re: radio buttons with. checkbox David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 06:00 -0700

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