On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 06:19:47PM -0600, Klaus Weide wrote:
> Leonid and I recently talked about whether 'd'ownload should use
> a source_cache copy. I said then that yes that would make some sense.
> But I've changed my opinion again now...
> 'D'ownload means "download", period. It's always meant that.
> The user can expect that a new download attempt will be made,
> rather than just using a (possibly corrupt) cached copy.
true, as a bit of pedantic fatalism (smile),
but that's surely no reason why Lynx can't ask the user
eg "Download from WWW or use source cache?"
[i'm testing Mutt, as the system elm is still not back from Y2K,
so my usual electronic trolley bus may be missing]
Philip Webb