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LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok
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Philip Webb |
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LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:02:51 -0500 (EST) |
970226 David Combs wrote:
> Also: control-z still stops (ends) a download-in-progress.
>
> Would be nice if while in "shell account" of isp (netcom.com)
> and connect to some HUGE page (eg rfc tree), I could fg and bg
> and continue mail-reading, or use trn newsreader, etc,
> and then after 5 minutes or so, fg back into Lynx
> and see if page is downloaded yet.
>
> Still no can do, as ^z evidently trapped and all current
> ongoing "work" is stopped, ie as if I hit "z"-key during downloading.
-- right on! me too!
this could be a great advantage for Lynx:
there are many slow servers & big files to fetch/download.
best would be a command Fetch/Download_in_Background ,
which you would substitute for the usual Right-arrow when needed.
-- can it be that difficult to fix up Lynx to allow background working?
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- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 3.0, (continued)
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 3.0, David Combs, 1997/02/26
- LYNX-DEV bg - fg = ok,
Philip Webb <=
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 3.0, Scott McGee (Personal), 1997/02/26
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 3.0, Nelson Henry Eric, 1997/02/27
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 3.0, Nelson Henry Eric, 1997/02/27