Re: lynx-dev Download Options

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 address@hidden wrote:

> In a recent note, address@hidden said:
> 
> > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:44:15 -0600 (MDT)
> > 
> > With pre.11, I see in the download menu all the download options
> > defined in lynx.cfg, but not the default, "Save to Local File".
> > 
> Never mind.  I was testing with a "file>//" URL.  Apparently the
> set of download options presented is sensitive to the URL scheme.
> But why should this be so?  If any "download" options are supported
> for a local file URL, all might as well be supported.

"Save to Local File" for a local file would just make a copy of that
file (possibly even using yet another copy temporarily - haven't
checked).  You should use dired functions instead.  (It seems
the default option is only skipped if dired is enabled.  Try
the same with -restrictions=dired.)

   Klaus