On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Henry Nelson wrote: > > > > + modify LYdownload_options(), adding a link to view the temporary file if the > > > > downloaded file is text or html -TD > > > > > > Hmmm. Somewhat of a duplication (except for the file type check) of what > > > could be done in the distribution lynx.cfg as a DOWNLOADER. The more > > > > no - it can't. This change lets me preview a download and not have to > > download the file more than one. > > ? If we are talking about 'd'ownloading a file, i.e., hitting the 'd' > key on a link, at least on any Lynx I've used the file is there on disk. > Lynx seems to store the files in the temp directory until you quit Lynx.
yes, I know that (but sifting through the temp-directory isn't a good recommendation as a user-interface ;-) > I've got 9 options for viewing downloaded files, including one which is a > shell script offering 3 more options. I can view the file with any of the > options, return to the option menu, and chose to view the file with any of > the other options without downloading the file again. This process can be ...although you couldn't (before this patch) have visited the info-page to double-check the url. > repeated any number of times. For example I have three different ways of > pre-processing tables and then passing the results to Lynx. If I don't > like the rendering, I try another. > > The reason I made the comment, though, was simply my preference for a > viewer which automatically detects binary files as my second option. Now > it's third; no big deal. > > __Henry > > ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
