Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok

[Joe Kincaid]

On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > -- can it be that difficult to fix up Lynx to allow background working?
> > Difficult or easy, someone has to write the code.
> 
> It isnt trivial. The problem is the shell is involved in all of this and
> the OS is trying to be helpful. Because we are polling stdin when downloading
> (for 'z') we are assumed to be waiting for input and helpfully stopped.

Perhaps when 'z' is used during a download Lynx could prompt the user
to "S)top downloading or B)ackground download?" If the user chooses (B),
Lynx would stop polling and move to the background. If it can't move to
the background by itself (because of OS limitations?), then it could still
stop polling and instead give a message to the user that it is OK to press
^Z to send Lynx to the background.

Joe
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