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[2001:8b0:1142:9042::2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gy8sm16889419wib.23.2015.01.07.00.27.41 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:27:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 08:27:39 +0000 From: Adam Thompson To: Karl Dahlke Message-ID: <20150107082739.GG31364@toaster.adamthompson.me.uk> References: <20150006172749.eklhad@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="z9ECzHErBrwFF8sy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150006172749.eklhad@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com Subject: Re: [Edbrowse-dev] & X-BeenThere: edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Edbrowse Development List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:30:12 -0000 --z9ECzHErBrwFF8sy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 wan= t 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 i= t, > 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 n= ame. > And maybe another optional character like & if I want to differentiate be= tween > 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 cau= ses. > I know you don't use mail client but this is consistent with how mail wor= ks, > 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. 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