Re: lynx-dev LYNX: what to do when lynx hangs?

[Kari Davidsson]

What about ctrl-g

K.D.

Thus spake David Combs (address@hidden):

> I have just spent 30 minutes filling out purchase stuff
> for Amazon.com, then said checkout, then it gives me
> a page with four links; I chose "standard server" (for giving
> my credit card number, etc).
> 
> Well, it's hung.
> 
> There is NO WAY to wake the thing up.  It is still
> at that 4-link page, trying, I assume, to get to
> "secure server" page.
> 
> ^Z gets me to the shell prompt ok, but an fg just gets
> me back at the same situation.
> 
> "z" does nothing, of course -- is hung.
> 
> I ran a SECOND lynx, got to amazon ok, but it was somewhat
> slow.  I know from experience that "q" is NOT something to
> do -- takes FOREVER to actually quit.
> 
> So, I tried some control-c's.  Says exit on signal 2 or something,
> and just takes forever.  What is happening.  Finally, ^z, jobs,
> and kill -9 on that 2nd lynx.  THAT worked!
> 
> Fg back into the first one, still hung on that same page.
> 
> IS THERE ANY WAY AT ALL TO "KICK" lynx or the connection
> or whatever, so I can "recover" a bit, at least enough
> to "h" back to the prior page, and at least mouse cut/paste
> what I've put into the "shopping cart" and paste it into my
> emacs back home -- so I can do it again late at night or something.
> 
> 
> In the product I wrote, we COUNT the control-c's (we catch it), you can
> always ask "what do you want to do; here is the situation right now"
> or something.
> 
> I have no idea what netscrape or exploiter do (probably crash, time out);
> but sure would be nice if LYNX could do SOMETHING in this "hung" case.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> David, much frustrated right about now.