On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 02:19:11PM +0200, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:02 -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 01:34:37AM +0200, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Maybe this could be just "wishlist" then, but my thought was what if any
> > > web server you visit can force you to exit lynx? Isn't this a security
> > > problem?
> > Hardly a security problem, I don't think.  You viewed the web page,
> > and all it can do is prevent you from continuing to use that lynx
> > process.  (And I suspect you can regain control by using gdb -p
> > $(pidof lynx): return -1).
> 
> Probably, but joe-user won't find this very intuitive.
> 
> > I agree, though, that lynx could be improved with an "abort" button.
> > And also a way to not stop for 3 seconds after each status line!  I
> > suggest to retitle the bug, and change the severity, by sending
> > appropriate commands (as documented on http://bugs.debian.org/).
> 
> The "abort" button I was looking for seems to be "z" actually. But it's
Neat!  Thanks for the info.

-- 
Clear skies,
Justin


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