Re: LYNX-DEV Re: http://www.wfbr.edu/dir/lynx al

[Thanh Ma]

> 
> Thanh Ma <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >  I presume you mean that it compiled and linked without warnings
> >> >or errors, which indeed is good, but try 'z'apping a stalled DNS lookup
> >                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >I am not sure what it means and/or how to 'z'ap it ... Please explain.
> 
> 
>                      Current Key Map (Lynx Version 2.6FM)
>                                        
> [...]
> z           INTERRUPT     interrupt network transmission
> [...]
> 
>       Assuming you didn't remap INTERRUPT in lynx.cfg, pressing
> the 'z' key to 'z'ap a network transmission causes the 'z' to be
> loaded into the keyboard input buffer, and at regular intervals
> Lynx checks that buffer for the presence of a 'z'.  If present,
> Lynx terminates the retrieval and renders as much as was received,
> or restores the currently dislayed document if nothing was received
> before the 'z'ap.
> 
>       When doing a DNS lookup, Lynx has called gethostbyname(),
> and normally can't check the buffer for a 'z' until that completes,
> or times out if the DNS lookup stalls for some reason.  If Lynx
> was built with -DNSL_FORK on Unix, the gethostbyname() call is
> done via a fork, so Lynx can alternately check the buffer for a
> 'z' and the forked process for completion, and thus act on the
> 'z'ap without having to wait for completion or time out of the
> gethostbyname().
> 
>       The -DNSL_FORK presently applies only to the gethostbyname()
> call in HTDoConnect() in HTTCP.c, not the ones in LYUtils.c associated
> with guessing the fully qualified domain name in command line
> startfile or 'g'oto strings.

Thanks for taking the time to explain.
It seems to be working fine here on both UnixWare and UMAXV.

Another subject:
Using Netscape 3.01, I could go to www2.sco.com and click on 'Test Drive'.
I can't do the equivalent in lynx. I just wonder what is missing ...

Thanh
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