Re: lynx-dev ^g is a menace

[Philip Webb]

since Lynx  ^t  doesn't help, i remembered  strace ,
which gives at the end of a long list (further details on request):

read(0, "7", 1)                         = 1
ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
write(1, "\rFollow link (or goto link or p"..., 44) = 44
ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
write(1, "\33[0m\0177", 6)              = 6
read(0, "\r", 1)                        = 1
getpid()                                = 26297 (ppid 26293)
open("/homes/purslow/tmp/L26297-2TMP.txt", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = 4
fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0x7fffa168)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
write(4, "\n   \n   CHASS Information\n   "..., 4293) = 4293
close(4)                                = 0
ioctl(1, TCSETAW, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
write(1, "\r\33[?1l", 6)                = 6
sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x410eb0, [], SA_RESETHAND|SA_NODEFER}) = 0
write(1, "Printing file.  Please wait...", 30) = 30
sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_IGN}) = 0
sigaction(SIGTSTP, NULL, {0xfa6d8f8, [], SA_RESETHAND|SA_NODEFER}) = 0
sigaction(SIGTSTP, {SIG_DFL}, {0xfa6d8f8, [], SA_RESETHAND|SA_NODEFER}) = 0
sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
fork()                                  = 26308
waitid(P_PID, 26308,  <unfinished ...>
--- SIGINT (Interrupt) ---
<... waitid resumed> 0x7fffa138, WEXITED|WTRAPPED) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted 
system call)
--- SIGINT (Interrupt) ---

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