Re: lynx-dev timeouts

[Vlad Harchev]

On Thu, 27 Jan 100, T.E.Dickey wrote:

> > 
> > When trying to connect to a web site which may be locked up, lynx will sit 
> > there.  Is there a timeout parameter I can set to, say, 10 sec? 
> 
> The usual approach is to compile with nsl-fork, and press 'z' when you get
> bored.

  I'm thinking about doing a patch that will add new lynx.cfg and commandline
option named "connect_timeout", that will specify the number of seconds to
wait before timing out (it will be multiplied by 10 to get the max number of
iterations with 'select' to perform, see function HTDoConnect). I looked at
the code and seems it's clear how to do it. This functionality won't be 
available for DOS (look at the code for the answer). Are there any additional 
thoughts or objections?
  Seems this will be useful for guys that (ab)use lynx as downloader.  

 Best regards,
  -Vlad