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Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated
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Philip Webb |
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Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated) |
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Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:11:34 -0500 (EST) |
990109 Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> unless the system has some sort of cron'd cleanup for the temp area,
> trash backup files will accumulate to large numbers over time,
> chewing up "inodes", disk space and generally making the directory
> hard to deal with (esp if it is a "common" directory, such as /tmp).
since starting to use Screen, which required it,
i have been using my own /tmp directory for Lynx & Elm too.
AFAIK files~ are deleted by the system after a week or so,
even in my own directories on this shared IRIX 5.3 system.
currently, there are 11 .html files,
incl 105 K for Visited Links (current Lynx under Screen)
& some survivors from earlier Lynx sessions which crashed;
there are 2 .txt files from mailto: URLs (presumably);
& a couple of snd files probably connected with Elm.
so you can assume a common /tmp will be cleansed regularly,
while a personal /tmp won't accumulate very much for most users,
who should be alerted when they define their own /tmp ( lynx.cfg ?).
> Besides, leaving such trash lying about is poor programming, IMHO.
only if it's easy to eliminate; otherwise, users should be responsible.
> The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning toward having
> an "editor backup extension" line in .lynxrc .
i'ld vote against: it's not important enough for enough users.
however generally, keep up the good work:
what you're doing has been long proposed, but never tackled before.
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- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), dickey, 1999/01/11
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/01/10
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/10
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/01/11
- sizing of textarea field (was: Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch..., Leonid Pauzner, 1999/01/10
- lynx-dev textarea editing (was various things), Philip Webb, 1999/01/10
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated),
Philip Webb <=
- Re: lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Webmaster Jim, 1999/01/08
- lynx-dev Re: [-dev.12] experimental text entry fields patch (updated), Kim DeVaughn, 1999/01/08