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Re: LYNX-DEV External command


From: Philip Webb
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV External command
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 04:26:39 -0400 (EDT)

970419 Waynd Buttles wrote: 
> I was thinking about adding an external command in lynx
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> The most relevant command I can think of is wget which is a command line
> html and ftp grabber that can do silent, backgrounded transfers. 
> 
> EXTERNAL:html:wget -q %s &
> EXTERNAL:ftp:wget -q %s &
> 
> This would allow for background downloads.
--- snip ---
> Phew, a little too wordy but you get the idea.  Mainly, I am wondering
> if people like/hate the idea
--- snip ---

anything which would allow a user to download a file in background
during a Lynx session would be a HUGE addition to the power of Lynx.
is there some reason it hasn't been done before?

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