Re: lynx-dev partial display nit

[Leonid Pauzner]

12-Feb-99 21:08 Doug Kaufman wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Laura Eaves wrote:

>> When I check the lynx-dev archive, partial display puts page 1 on screen
>> before the whole doc is loaded, and the odometer spins on the status line.
>> This is fine.  My complaint is that lynx apparently ignores all my commands
>> until the whole doc is loaded.  In fact, it discards them.
>> Is this a feature?

> My understanding is that not _ALL_ commands are discarded. PageDown,
> PageUP, HOME, and END seem to be accepted. I haven't been able to
> search or to go to a particular link.
>                                    Doug

Yes, only these scroll keys are acceptable untill the document is loaded.

The fundamental problem is that all keystroke commands picked up in mainloop()
which cannot be entered again untill getfile() is finished -
no multi-threading in lynx.
Few commands still can be implemented without new getfile() cyrcle:
it is 'z' from HTCheckForInterrupt(), and occasionally scroll keys.
I think search and go to a particular link can be incorporated also but they
are still waiting for volunteer.