Re: [Lynx-dev] emulating tabs in Lynx

[Frederick Bruckman]

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 address@hidden wrote:
> 050205 Chuck Martin wrote:
> > If you use screen in the way that I described in my previous response
> > in the other thread, they will be downloaded simultaneously
> > by the separate Lynx sessions in each screen window.
> > Do you still think Lynx needs this capability?
>
> yes, i appreciate your detailed reply & will store it in my archives,
> but it's far too complicated to expect an ordinary user to employ.
> also, i would have to install Screen on my system, adding to bloat there.
> and can you in fact have  > 1  instance of Screen running simultaneously ?

So, we avoid "bloat" by adding features? Screen weighs in at less than 
1MB on my platform, a quarter of the size of lynx, so if you want that 
functionality, there's no reason you can't install it. Adding the same 
functionality and code to lynx, where everyone would get it, whether 
they intend to use it, or not, would rather be the "bloaty" thing 
(...and yes, you can have more than one screen running).


Frederick