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Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok
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David Combs |
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Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok |
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Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:47:24 -0800 |
> From address@hidden Wed Feb 26 11:09:26 1997
> From: Philip Webb <address@hidden>
> Subject: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok
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> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:02:51 -0500 (EST)
> In-Reply-To: <address@hidden> from "David Combs" at Feb 26, 97 06:51:55 am
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> 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?
>
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- Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok,
David Combs <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok, Nelson Henry Eric, 1997/02/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok, David Combs, 1997/02/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok, David Combs, 1997/02/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok, Matt Ackeret, 1997/02/27
- Re: LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok, Bela Lubkin, 1997/02/27