Re: lynx-dev Lynx overflows terminal

[T.E.Dickey]

> Lynx 2.7.2 (Sun/Unix) via shell account with 14.4kbps modem connection 
...
> I suspected this has something to do with Lynx's display update algorithm.  
> Instead of updating the display after certain amount of time, Lynx updated 
> the status line after receiving every packet, which overflowed the 
> terminal buffer ,and consequently hanged the terminal session.  This is 
> like 'cat big_txt_file.txt' on modem connection, which chokes a slow 
> connection. 
that sounds plausible (I'll check if that's what is going on)
  
> Although this is a rather rare situation (after all, only 1 so far), Lynx 
> display update algorithm should only update byte count display after a 
> fixed amount of time (eg: 1 second or more), instead of updating byte 
> count for every packet it receives, to prevent terminal overflow caused by 
> frequent display update and using shell accounts with slow connections.  
> And BTW, for those who want a decent benchmark for a particular download 
> session, Lynx should add a byte per second display instead.  
I had an item from one of the Debian wishlist for this also (both should
be relatively simple to implement -- in 2.8.1dev, of course).

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