Re: LYNX-DEV interrupting fetch

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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Philip Webb wrote:

> 970403 Hugo Nava wrote:
> > I'm a student from Mexico, i want to congratulate you for your definitly
> > cool browser... I use it often than navigator or explorer because i get
> > faster acces to the web pages with it (with my 486 dx33 of course of yes).
> 
> yup, lots of people say so when they find out about Lynx.
>  
> > i need to know: How to stop a request ??? i mean... something like the
> > "stop button" on the explorer or navigator... sometimes a site is too slow,
> > and i have to wait a long time or exit lynx and try another page
> 
> simply enter  z , which interrupts fetching the page.
> 
> there is very detailed on-line help available: simply enter  h .

You also need to edit the makefile to do -DNSL_FORK to interrupt host name
lookups.

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