From: Adam Thompson <arthompson1990@gmail.com>
To: Karl Dahlke <eklhad@comcast.net>
Cc: Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com
Subject: Re: [Edbrowse-dev] &
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:27:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150107082739.GG31364@toaster.adamthompson.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150006172749.eklhad@comcast.net>
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 05:27:49PM -0500, Karl Dahlke wrote:
> > I've been thinking about the possibility of having a different command
>
> I would really rather not clutter the space with more commands.
> We already have too many as it is.
> And more will come if we work on imap.
>
> Besides this, I don't always know what I want until I am there.
> Particularly when traversing an ftp file system
> or clicking on a link.
> Is it the actual download, or is it another html page
> that is full of legal crap that I have to agree to?
> I just can't know in advance what to do.
> On an ftp link I hit g for go and if it turns out to be a directory I want to
> see that page, download into memory.
> If it turns out to be a file I want to be presented with the file name,
> which can be very long, but relevant, with version numbers in it
> and the proper suffix for compression and archive type etc,
> so I want it to offer me that file name and I just hit return if I like it,
> and don't have to type it all in again perfectly,
> and retain the option of typing in something else,
> but I don't usually know what I want until I am presented with the file name.
> And maybe another optional character like & if I want to differentiate between
> foreground download and background download,
> which I really think is a good idea, the more I think about it,
> to give people the options.
> It's only one more character to type to put it it in the background.
Yeah, as I said, I wasn't entirely sure about this idea.
I'm trying to avoid having to fork mid-download and all the issues that causes.
> I know you don't use mail client but this is consistent with how mail works,
> so people will be use to that.
> When you get mail it prints the default name of the attachment, which once
> again could be long, with version numbers and suffixes etc,
> and could be important, where you wouldn't want to type it all in again,
> so you just hit return and accept it, or type in a new file name
> for the attachment if you want to.
> I want to make this download feature the same way,
> having a common interface.
Fair enough, as you say I don't use the mail client so was unaware of this.
Cheers,
Adam.
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2015-01-06 22:27 Karl Dahlke
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2015-01-06 2:19 Karl Dahlke
2015-01-06 21:29 ` Adam Thompson
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