[thelist] Re: color text

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> Subject: Re: [thelist] re: color text within a text area
> From: phil <phil at xlab.co.uk>
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Reply-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>
> Hmm, this just prints out the code precisely as it appears.
> (as shown at http://www.xlab.co.uk/test.html)
>
> I guess there is no way to do this?...
>
> >> This would work, though it could potentially get cluttered if you did
> >> it a
> >> lot:
> >>
> >> This text would be black, while <span style="color: #ff6600" >this text
> >> would be colored,</span> and then would return to black.
>
> > You would expect that to work, when in fact it does not. (At least
> > in Mozilla.)
> >
> >  It's an interesting interpretation of what the <textarea> spec means.
> >
> >  -Max
>
Yes, "in fact", it does, in IE5.1 Mac.