Re: lynx-dev LYNX: "Append to local file": default file-name needed!

[David Combs]

> From address@hidden Mon Jul 13 06:27:25 1998
> From: "T.E.Dickey" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: lynx-dev LYNX: "Append to local file": default file-name needed!
> 
> > So I want to save that article, for later reading, 
> > and do "p" and save it to the "default" file 
> > name (after backing up a few chars and appending 
> > "-slate"). 
> ...
> > Any way to have lynx show the default name, 
> > and maybe also (????) the ACTUAL lname 
> > I had previously saved -- the one I backed up 
> > on and appeneded "-slate" to.  THAT would be 
> > really cool! 
> I get the actual filename by using the uparrow to scroll back in the history.
> (It would be nice to append to an existing filename though)
> 


Sure doesn't work for me, hitting uparrow at that prompt:


                                          Printing Options (Lynx Version 
2.8.1dev.16)
   
   There are 10 lines, or approximately 1 page, to print.
   You have the following print choices.
   Please select one:
     
   [1]Save to a local file
   [2]Mail the file
   [3]Print to the screen
   [4]Print out on a printer attached to your vt100 terminal
   [5]Specify your own print command
   [6]Append to a local file
   [7]Print to your local computer using "lpansi" ANSI print sequence
   [8]Print to your local computer using "ansilpr" ANSI print sequence
   [9]Print to your local computer using "vtprint" vt100 print sequence
   [10]Zmodem download to your local computer using "sz" command
   [11]Ymodem download to your local computer using "sb" command
   [12]Xmodem download to your local computer using "sx" command
   [13]Kermit download to your local computer using "kermit" command
   [14]Print to the screen using "more" file viewer
   [15]Print to the screen using "less" file viewer
   [16]Print to the screen using "most" file viewer

<snip>
 
Printing file.  Please wait...Append to filename: ^[[A^[[A^[[A