Re: lynx-dev Changing timeout length

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Mike Bledig wrote: 
>  
> > But can it be done? I think that it would be a good thing if one can  
> > set up a timeout value so that if one tries to connect to a Internet  
> > site that could have moved, or is no longer around, Lynx would  
> > timeout after a given number of seconds. 
>  
> You do know about the 'z' key, don't you? 
>  
> For normal interactive use, that's more than enough in my opinion. 
> And it is more flexible than any timeout parameter that has to be 
> configured. 

I had the impression that the original poster wanted to do this in batch mode.
('z' works fine interactively, I agree)
  
>   Klaus 
>  


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