On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 03:07:29PM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote: > > It would be probably much simpler and more effective for you to use the > screen(1) program --- it will wrap the programs you run inside to a virtual > terminal which is the associated with one or multiple real connections --- when > the connection dies (or you detach manually), the program continues to live > inside of the screen and you can attach it back anytime, or you can even attach > multiple times, sharing the screen between multiple terminals. Not mentioning > that you can have multiple "windows" inside of the screen, running separate > tasks there. > > Obviously I'm not saying that the state being saved wouldn't be useful as well, > it can be very convient to have your history back restored when you have to > restart your browser. This is rather a workaround, but it could help in the > meantime ;-). >
Perhaps were I connected directly to the net, a la ppp, but I'm dialed into my isp's computer, which computer gives me a bash -> tcsh shell, within which I type in "lynx ...". That is, lynx is not running on *my* computer, but on the isp's computer. (Using the internet this indirect way is termed "via a shell-account" -- the isp providesf "shell-account access"; that's what I pay for; no ability to do ppp, just able to give shell-cmds to the *isp* computer.) So, when my *connection* (to the isp) times out, I'm automatically logged-out, just as if I'd said "exit" a time or two. Given this context, I'm not so sure that wrapping with screen will do me any good -- other than, if I ran it on *my* computer, and then within which I ran Kermit to dial out, maybe I'd be able to scroll back and forth after time-out. However, I often keep lynx up, and ^z it and go run eg trn or mutt, which runs vi if I'm sending an email, all of which might make scrolling back be over a bunch of garbage cursor-movement stuff. ------ Now, all that's needed is for some lynx-hacker to convince him/herself that this safety-feature is really needed, so badly that he/she'll go add it... How much luck is there of that? :-( Thanks for the reply, and do tell me if and how I misunderstand your suggested use of screen. Thanks! David ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
