Re: LYNX-DEV Downloading a file in background

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:

> >> is it possible to have lynx download a file in the background,
> >> as well as save it automatically? If I try run lynx in the background
> 
> >basically, No.
> >people have recommended  wget  for this kind of thing (i haven't tried it):
> >get it from  ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/wget/ .
> 
> Idea: create a new lynx download operation which works a bit different
> than the way download seems to work today.
> 
> Today, if I press 'd' on a link, lynx goes off, downloads the file,
> then asks what I want to do with the file.  The new operation would 
> bring up the menu, ask what should be done, and then goes off and does
> the operation.
> 
> In this way, folk could add calls to wget to get their download (or
> printing, or whatever) to go off in the background.
> 
> How feasible would this be?  What other uses, other than download and
> printing, could folk envision for this?

I believe you want USE_EXTERNALS.  No, it doesn't have menus, but can be
enabled and configured to do what you want.  Instead of building more
menus into Lynx, an external script could be used for selecting an action.

   Klaus