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Re: lynx-dev Save binary file (download to disk) in version
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Save binary file (download to disk) in version |
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Mon, 7 Sep 1998 05:45:17 -0400 (EDT) |
>
> > I have a gripe about the new feature of providing a hyperlink to
> > the Lynx help file in the "Lynx Download Options" page. This page comes
> > up whenever a user chooses a link to a binary file and chooses to download
> > it. I'm used to being able to simply press "Enter" to select save to disk
> > (as it's the first option), while now I have to press the down arrow first
> > to get off the help hyperlink, and get to the save line. This is
> fixed in dev25
>
> > annoying, but I could get used to it. What's really driving me nuts, is
> > that if I accidentally choose the link to the help file, when I press the
> > left arrow to go back, I wind up back at the original page that the binary
> > file was listed on, and I've lost the option to save it to disk, thus
> > forcing me to re-download it, and wait while it (possibly slowly)
> > transfers over the network.
>
> BTW, why Lynx got file from the net every time we re-download it,
> it should be already available from local cache...?
> Any reason not to do it?
no - just work to implement the cache & make it work properly.
(there's the associated issues of how to force the cache, too).he, too).he,
too).he, too).
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Thomas E. Dickey
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