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Re: lynx-dev visited links: suggestion
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Philip Webb |
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Re: lynx-dev visited links: suggestion |
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:57:04 -0500 (EST) |
990119 Leonid Pauzner wrote:
> 19-Jan-99 02:26 Philip Webb wrote:
>> individual compilers can create their own /tmp directory for Lynx.
>> one advantage i have found is that Visited Links is a file there:
>> if Lynx crashes or the system gets rebooted, the VL file remains
>> & you can rename it eg to vl990105.html for future access using g ;
> I thought on Visited Links being persistent across sessions. First,
> this list getting to be very long & we should cut it off by some rule.
that's not my idea & for the reason you give.
what i'm suggesting is an option to have Lynx save VL at end-of-session:
the user can then access it in future sessions as a file using g ;
people who don't want it or have limited directory space
can leave it out when editing lynx.cfg .
> Second, this list should be without repetitions,
> i.e. if you follow a link that was visited before
> it will be added on the top AND removed from its previous location,
> but this check is rather slow for a long list.
this would improve the housekeeping of VL with or without saving it:
for most people, the list wouldn't get too long in a single session.
mine does because i'm using Screen, which saves Lynx between logons,
so it would be nice to have a way of saving the existing VL
& starting a new one within the same Lynx session.
> we should keep list in memory, not on a disk while we are running lynx
> and save it on quit but be aware of delay on startup: we should optimize,
> say load VL file when you press Shift-V for the first time.
that's what seems to happen now: at least, it's updated at each V .
> Another problem from multiple lynx sessions started at the same account,
> like with persistent cookies (still open).
Lynx could use the /tmp name derived from the process number.
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