On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:04:10 +0200 (MET DST), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Luis wrote:
>> I read somewhere that I could browse while downloading a file in the
>> background in DOS. Is this a dream ?
> With Ctrl+Enter/left-mouse you can download a file while reading the
> current page. I've been thinking of making another kind of "reQuest all
> links", where all the links that you activate while holding down some key
> (Shift or Alt) would be added to an Arachne Script File that hitting some
> key latter would run (Q perhaps - if no file exist do as normal). Thereby
> you could set things up for several downloads and leave the computer while
> it's downloading instead of having to sit and watch things being downloaded
> (ok, big downloads can be guessed when they come but it's far from exact).
> Perhaps something for the October release (the next planned) of Arachne?
> //Bernie
> http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
While digging through Arachne's DOC dir, I found some obscurata about
re-named BAT files...
IIRC these OOK's are for setting up a D/L queue *in advance*. Are you
talking about creating these BAT-type files on-the-fly?
- Pete Randolph -
- Morristown Corners, Vermont -
