[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: lynx-dev LYNX: catch ^C's --> "are you sure?" (excellent!)
|
From: |
Thomas E. Dickey |
|
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev LYNX: catch ^C's --> "are you sure?" (excellent!) |
|
Date: |
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:30:51 -0400 (EDT) |
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, David Woolley wrote:
> > not exactly - since control/C would be caught by a signal handler,
> > it would still interrupt whatever you're doing. And the signal handler
> > couldn't do anything useful for prompting you.
>
> The normal expected behaviour for SIGINT on an interactive program is
> to return to the basic command mode without losing state. SIGINT on
> Lynx is very easy to hit by accident and throws away all state. The
> function with the default binding of ^G is closer to what one would normally
> expect from SIGINT.
it's closer, but doesn't really interrupt anything. One could (perhaps
some code change needed - to make the two accessible) bind ^C to the
same function.
but that would leave no direct way to stop lynx (other than killing it
from another terminal).
--
T.E.Dickey <address@hidden>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to address@hidden