Re: lynx-dev display web page as it is received

[dickey]

>  
>    I've been working on a project that builds web pages incrementally 
> until a process completes successfully, or fails.  In either case, 
> brief progress reports are periodically appended to the page until 
> the task ends.  Using either Netscape Navigator 4.0 or Internet Explorer 
> 4.0, the web page displays the status lines as they are posted.  But 
> with lynx 2.8, none of the page is displayed until the entire page has 
> been built.  The only thing the user sees is the number of bytes 
> received increments as the status messages are added to the page.   
>  
>    Is there currently any option available to allow the page to be 
> displayed as it is being received?  I haven't found anything in the man 
> page or by typing "lynx -help" to indicate this may be an option. 
>  
>    Thanks for any assistance you may be able to offer.  For many users 
> of this application, lynx is the only browser they will have. 
> --  
> Dave Lundy  
> (937) 255-7327x563 or 8-785-7327x563 
> 88CG/SCBW - MISTS II Contract - ASEC  

In 2.8.2 (partly in 2.8.1):

USAGE: lynx [options] [file]
Options are:
...
   -partial         toggles display partial pages while downloading (on)
   -partial_thres   [=NUMBER]
                    number of lines to render before repainting display
                    with partial-display logic (-1)

The current version of lynx is 2.8.2 (2.8.3 in development)
It's available at
        http://lynx.browser.org
        http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/release

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
address@hidden
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey