Re: LYNX-DEV Downloading a file in background

[Larry W. Virden, x2487]

>> is it possible to have lynx download a file in the background,
>> as well as save it automatically? If I try run lynx in the background

>basically, No.
>people have recommended  wget  for this kind of thing (i haven't tried it):
>get it from  ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/wget/ .

Idea: create a new lynx download operation which works a bit different
than the way download seems to work today.

Today, if I press 'd' on a link, lynx goes off, downloads the file,
then asks what I want to do with the file.  The new operation would 
bring up the menu, ask what should be done, and then goes off and does
the operation.

In this way, folk could add calls to wget to get their download (or
printing, or whatever) to go off in the background.

How feasible would this be?  What other uses, other than download and
printing, could folk envision for this?
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