Re: LYNX-DEV Downloading a file in background

[Peter J. Weyers]

On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:

> Idea: create a new lynx download operation which works a bit different
> than the way download seems to work today.
> 
> Today, if I press 'd' on a link, lynx goes off, downloads the file,
> then asks what I want to do with the file.  The new operation would 
> bring up the menu, ask what should be done, and then goes off and does
> the operation.
> 
> In this way, folk could add calls to wget to get their download (or
> printing, or whatever) to go off in the background.

This sounds to be a good idea to me.

Peter
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