[e] (0) add notes regarding window.find()

Affected topics: DOM APIs

git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@6998 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74

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@@ -74513,8 +74513,15 @@ <h3 id=text-search-apis><span class=secno>8.7 </span>Text search APIs</h3> <!--
   implemented, and has a number of design problems (such as having six
   boolean arguments in a row, giving the ability to expose a UA
   dialog, affecting the selection when successful, etc). We may just
-  drop it instead. <a href=http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-May/thread.html#31457>Read
-  more...</a></p>
+  drop it instead.</p>
+
+  <!-- use case seems to be to just have an API that allows scripts to
+  search for text, then manipulate it (e.g. execCommand).
+  Unfortunately it currently destroys the selection to do so (though I
+  guess you can save it and restore it). We could provide an API for
+  this instead, but it would require changes to execCommand() to work
+  on ranges rather than the selection (probably needed anyway, but not
+  being worked on as of now) -->
 
   <!-- demo: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1076 -->
 

index

@@ -74513,8 +74513,15 @@ dictionary <dfn id=drageventinit>DragEventInit</dfn> : <a href=#mouseeventinit>M
   implemented, and has a number of design problems (such as having six
   boolean arguments in a row, giving the ability to expose a UA
   dialog, affecting the selection when successful, etc). We may just
-  drop it instead. <a href=http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-May/thread.html#31457>Read
-  more...</a></p>
+  drop it instead.</p>
+
+  <!-- use case seems to be to just have an API that allows scripts to
+  search for text, then manipulate it (e.g. execCommand).
+  Unfortunately it currently destroys the selection to do so (though I
+  guess you can save it and restore it). We could provide an API for
+  this instead, but it would require changes to execCommand() to work
+  on ranges rather than the selection (probably needed anyway, but not
+  being worked on as of now) -->
 
   <!-- demo: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1076 -->
 

source

@@ -87148,9 +87148,15 @@ dictionary <dfn>DragEventInit</dfn> : <span>MouseEventInit</span> {
   implemented, and has a number of design problems (such as having six
   boolean arguments in a row, giving the ability to expose a UA
   dialog, affecting the selection when successful, etc). We may just
-  drop it instead. <a
-  href="http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-May/thread.html#31457">Read
-  more...</a></p>
+  drop it instead.</p>
+
+  <!-- use case seems to be to just have an API that allows scripts to
+  search for text, then manipulate it (e.g. execCommand).
+  Unfortunately it currently destroys the selection to do so (though I
+  guess you can save it and restore it). We could provide an API for
+  this instead, but it would require changes to execCommand() to work
+  on ranges rather than the selection (probably needed anyway, but not
+  being worked on as of now) -->
 
   <!-- demo: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1076 -->