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Article #808Re: Ka9q Web: Deep Throat
From: Robert Mortimer
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00
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Previously John Washington <john@wash.demon.co.uk> said:
>My initial thought of 'depth=n' was simplistic. Now I
>feel that the software should be able to respond to
>commands like:
> Go grab that file.
> Go grab the whole of that site.
> Go grab that page and its immediate links.
> Go grab... but just the html.
> Go.. but just the html and piccies (no .zips etc)
> Grab the off-site links, just to the 1st level.
> etc
>Phew! In essence I think it boils down to six
>different depth parameters, factored into
>offsite/onsite, and html/images/other.
>So I end up with either 6 different depth keywords,
>or e.g. depth=1,2,3,4,5,6. Either way, yuck.
[snip]
>One problem is it needs multitasking, so if you don't
>browse under Windows (or Desqview?) then you're stuffed.
>Will it fly?
That's a very big smidgeon.
My opion would in all honesty be that the initial idea
is nice and simple, if you're going this far
could we just copy Atari user's lead and compile dos lynx
into KA9Q. But then I don't use that much multitasking
and only go to the web for specific files.
--
RobertM
Demon Internet Ltd
"Trust the computer, the computer is your fiend"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10bb05,8d942a00e12a8ec5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10bb05,public From: robm@demon.net (Robert Mortimer) Subject: Re: Ka9q Web: Deep Throat Date: 1996/08/19 Message-ID: <3218a4cd.23567150@news.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 175187645 x-nntp-posting-host: bob1.support.demon.net references: <840195111snz@wash.demon.co.uk> organization: Demon Internet Ltd reply-to: robm@demon.net newsgroups: demon.ip.developers