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Re: lynx-dev Download Options
From: |
Klaus Weide |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev Download Options |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:14:28 -0500 (CDT) |
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 address@hidden wrote:
> In a recent note, address@hidden said:
>
> > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:44:15 -0600 (MDT)
> >
> > With pre.11, I see in the download menu all the download options
> > defined in lynx.cfg, but not the default, "Save to Local File".
> >
> Never mind. I was testing with a "file>//" URL. Apparently the
> set of download options presented is sensitive to the URL scheme.
> But why should this be so? If any "download" options are supported
> for a local file URL, all might as well be supported.
"Save to Local File" for a local file would just make a copy of that
file (possibly even using yet another copy temporarily - haven't
checked). You should use dired functions instead. (It seems
the default option is only skipped if dired is enabled. Try
the same with -restrictions=dired.)
Klaus