On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:02 -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 01:34:37AM +0200, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> > [...]
> > Maybe this could be just "wishlist" then, but my thought was what if any
> > web server you visit can force you to exit lynx? Isn't this a security
> > problem?
> Hardly a security problem, I don't think.  You viewed the web page,
> and all it can do is prevent you from continuing to use that lynx
> process.  (And I suspect you can regain control by using gdb -p
> $(pidof lynx): return -1).

Probably, but joe-user won't find this very intuitive.

> I agree, though, that lynx could be improved with an "abort" button.
> And also a way to not stop for 3 seconds after each status line!  I
> suggest to retitle the bug, and change the severity, by sending
> appropriate commands (as documented on http://bugs.debian.org/).

The "abort" button I was looking for seems to be "z" actually. But it's
true the status lines are annoying. I will retitle this bug, and sorry
for the useless noise.

Sincerely,
-- 
khorben



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