This is the way Lynx indicates an error. Since the WillGet
is a '404 not found' page (in fact, I don't clearly know
what it means), Lynx shows the appropriate message and waits
for several seconds. The delay can be modified in the lynx
config. See comments in /etc/lynx.cfg
Max.
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Andrew M. Bishop wrote:
> Morten Bo Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> When requesting pages offline from within Lynx it takes
>> about 3-4 seconds for Lynx to display the WillGet.html
>> page that confirms the request. In other browsers such as
>> Links this page is produced instantly so I guess it is a
>> Lynx specific problem and needless to say it is rather
>> annoying especially when requesting a lot of pages:
>> request page..wait 4 seconds..request another..wait 4
>> seconds..etc..
> I have tried this and you are correct, there is a delay.
> For the first few seconds there is just a warning message
> at the bottom of the screen that there is an error
> document. Then it displays the page.
>> If I were to present this problem on the lynx-dev mailing
>> list could someone please give me a hint of some
>> technical explanation behind this so that the developers
>> of Lynx might get a clue as to where to look in their
>> code base in order to fix it..?
> I think that the lynx mailing lists are the place to ask.
> It is lynx specific.
