[jQuery] JavaScript text nodes

[jQuery] JavaScript text nodes

Is it possible to take a node:
window.onload = initAll;
var nodeChangingArea;
function initAll() {
    document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0].onsubmit = function() {return nodeChanger();}
    nodeChangingArea = document.getElementById("modifiable");
}
function addNode() {
    var inText = document.getElementById("textArea").value;
    var newText = document.createTextNode
(inText);
    var newGraf = document.createElement("p");
    newGraf.appendChild(newText);
    nodeChangingArea.appendChild(newGraf);
}
function delNode() {
    var delChoice = document.getElementById
("grafCount").selectedIndex;
    var allGrafs = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p");
    var killGraf = allGrafs.item(delChoice);
    nodeChangingArea.removeChild(killGraf);
}
function insertNode() {
    var inChoice = document.getElementById("grafCount").selectedIndex;
    var inText = document.getElementById("textArea").value;
    var newText = document.createTextNode
(inText);
    var newGraf = document.createElement("p");
    newGraf.appendChild(newText);
    var allGrafs = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p");
    var oldGraf = allGrafs.item
(inChoice);
    nodeChangingArea.insertBefore(newGraf,oldGraf);
}
function replaceNode() {
    var inChoice = document.getElementById("grafCount").selectedIndex;
    var inText = document.getElementById
("textArea").value;
    var newText = document.createTextNode(inText);
    var newGraf = document.createElement("p");
    newGraf.appendChild(newText);
    var allGrafs = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName
("p");
    var oldGraf = allGrafs.item(inChoice);
    nodeChangingArea.replaceChild(newGraf,oldGraf);
}
function nodeChanger()  {
    var actionType = -1;
    var currentPgraphCount = nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName
("p").length;
    var radioButtonSet = document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0].nodeAction;
   
    for (var i=0; i<radioButtonSet.length; i++) {
        if (radioButtonSet[i].checked) {
            actionType = i;
        }
    }
   
    switch(actionType) {
        case 0:
            addNode();
            break;
        case 1:
            if (currentPgraphCount > 0) {
                delNode();
                break;
            }
        case 2:
            if (currentPgraphCount > 0) {
                insertNode();
                break;
            }
        case 3:
            if (currentPgraphCount > 0) {
                replaceNode();
                break
            }
        default:
            alert("No valid action was chosen");
    }
   
    document.getElementById("grafCount").options.length = 0;
    for (i=0; i<nodeChangingArea.getElementsByTagName("p").length; i++) {
        document.getElementById("grafCount").options[i] = new Option(i+1);
    }
    return false;
}
                       
and have it PERMANENTLY pasted to the web page? Like a guestbook?
Thanks in advance!<br clear="all">--
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