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Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok
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Tom Zerucha |
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Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok |
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Wed, 26 Feb 1997 20:37:04 -0500 (EST) |
On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Philip Webb wrote:
> 970226 David Combs wrote:
> > Also: control-z still stops (ends) a download-in-progress.
> >
> > Would be nice if while in "shell account" of isp (netcom.com)
> > and connect to some HUGE page (eg rfc tree), I could fg and bg
> > and continue mail-reading, or use trn newsreader, etc,
> > and then after 5 minutes or so, fg back into Lynx
> > and see if page is downloaded yet.
> >
> > Still no can do, as ^z evidently trapped and all current
> > ongoing "work" is stopped, ie as if I hit "z"-key during downloading.
> -- right on! me too!
> this could be a great advantage for Lynx:
> there are many slow servers & big files to fetch/download.
> best would be a command Fetch/Download_in_Background ,
> which you would substitute for the usual Right-arrow when needed.
>
> -- can it be that difficult to fix up Lynx to allow background working?
Lynx is single-threaded out of the box. My NSL_FORK patch only works on
machines with fork() calls, as would the ftp stuff (and I was asked why I
did not use clone() - which is not available on my Sun...).
You could always suspend lynx, then type
lynx -source ftp://ftp.wherever.com/pub/goodies/stuff.exe >stuff.exe &
and it should work fine :).
Seriously, lots of things *can* be added to Lynx, but it is a matter of
someone with the understanding and the time.
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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 3.0, Scott McGee (Personal), 1997/02/26
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