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Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_IN
From: |
Vlad Harchev |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:04:05 +0500 (SAMST) |
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
> > What would be nice is to add a user prompt
> > when s/he try switching to source made when the data transfer
> > happen to be interrupted on the previous stage.
> >
> > Something like:
> > "the document was received incomplete,
> > would you like to reload it from the network? (y/n)"
> >
> > Hope Klaus will agree with it.
>
> If you want to issue the prompt at the point when the new request
> would be issued, like your text implies - this would require keeping
> more state, at least a 'was_aborted' flag that is kept together with
> the cache entry. Also you can't offer the choice to revert to a
> previous version of the cache entry at that point, unless you keep
> _two_ copies around.
>
> If you want to issue a prompt (with a different wording) at the point
> where the interruption occurs - that would be too intrusive.
Yes, implementing proper support for this prompt requires some headache
that doesn't worth it.
> Either way, I don't think this is worth the trouble. I don't mind
> a way to choose in lynx.cfg. But I'm not planning to make the change
> anyway, Vlad seems to be much more interested and he knows where to
> do it.
So, I will try to add new toplevel lynx.cfg option.
> Klaus
>
Best regards,
-Vlad
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Philip Webb, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Leonid Pauzner, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Leonid Pauzner, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/09
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE,
Vlad Harchev <=
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/09
Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Henry Nelson, 2000/04/08