030602 Chuck Martin wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 05:48:37PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> the answer is tabs, well known eg in Galeon, my regular GUI browser. >> if you don't know re them, you middle-click on the link >> & the new doc appears under a separate tab at the top of the display: >> you can then move between docs by clicking on their respective tabs. >> might something like this be possible in Lynx ? we couldn't do tabs, >> but they mb emulated by a list of available docs activated by a defined key. > I can do something similar to this already, using a shell script as a viewer > when pressing '.' or ',' to view a page. My shell script allows me > to load the specified URL in another screen window, another xterm, > or either another browser. Unfortunately, that has to be done > every time I load a new page if I want the benefit I'm talking about, > because I don't know ahead of time which pages I'll want to hold onto > while I go back to another page, and that isn't practical. > I also don't have the benefit of the current history > or list of visited links in that other browser or window.
that sounds a bit complex & more limited than tabs. > Can you duplicate the current page in another tab > so you can use the current tab to go back to another page > or do you have to load the page into another tab > when you first visit that page? you can goto the same link twice, if you have a visible link to click on, but there's no command in Galeon to duplicate the current doc in a new tab. in practice, you decide to open a link in a new tab if you expect to want to go back without delay, esp if the page you're on has a lot of images & takes time to load; or if you expect to be switching back & forth several times. it sb possible to code something which works the same way in Lynx, tho' of course there wouldn't be visible tabs: you'ld need a menu. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
