Re: lynx-dev Suggestion: Warn if downloading 'breaks'

[Philip Webb]

990323 Klaus Weide wrote: 
> On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 address@hidden wrote:
>> Is it possible to introduce into lynx a feature to warn me
>> whenever a download (or a html file display) has terminated abnormally?
>> This could be a warning on the status line (for html being displayed)
>> or a warning on the download page display in lynx.
> Yes, lynx should do something like this.
> At least for HTTP files, if they come with a Content-length header.
> Lynx should compare the total of bytes received with the expected length.

so be encouraged, but KW should have told you the facts of lynx-dev life:
if you want a feature, you have to be prepared to program it yourself.
feel free to have a go & send in a patch.
 
> This won't work with the current implementation of byte counting
> for the statusline progess message, which starts counting
> at the wrong point in the data stream: after the first buffer,
> normally 1 network packet, has been read and processed.
> It should start counting exactly where the message body starts
> (which may be later or earlier or coincide, depending on factors
> out of Lynx's control).  probably the counter should be (re-)set to 0
> somewhere in HTMIME.c, since that's where end of HTTP headers is detected.
 
so you also have some advice from one of the expert programmers
to get you started ... (smile).

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