Re: [Edbrowse-dev] &

[Adam Thompson <arthompson1990@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 09:19:26PM -0500, Karl Dahlke wrote:
> A possible compromise for download of large files to disk is:
> 
> space pulls into memory like now.
> default file name or entered file name downloads to disk
> with progress dots in foreground.
> file name with & at the end downloads in background, no dots,
> for those who want it and for when it works.
> Like the shell, command &
> & by itself downloads default filename in background.

I'm not sure about this. I've been thinking about the possibility of having a
different command to download in the background rather than a download prompt
like we currently have. For example (I'm using 2 letter commands because I think they're a bit clearer than capitalised versions of existing commands)
something like:
g - downloads the link normally into memory
gd - downloads the link in the foreground to disk (optionally followed by a filename)
gb - same as gd but in the background

This isn't perfect since it doesn't handle if you end up with a file when you're not expecting it, but this shouldn't happen, and you can always hit ^c and try again anyway.
This way we avoid forking mid-download and all the weirdness involved in that.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Adam.

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