On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Garrick Staples wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 09:11:37PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev alleged: >> On 9/12/06, Menno Smits <menno-yum@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> In the new version, CTRL-C once during downloads causes a mirror switch; >>> twice in quick succession causes termination. A single CTRL-C at other >>> times should just quit as normal. >> >> Though I understand the reasons behind this, I don't think this is >> good behaviour, since it differs substantially from the expected >> behaviour of other CLI interfaces. In the user's mind, Ctrl-C means >> "please quit," not "please switch mirrors, this is taking too long." > > How about it just prints a message, "Trying next mirror... ctrl-c twice > to exit"? Or how about trapping Esc or better yet, tab to try next mirror. I agree that Ctrl-C should kill, and it really needs to die as gracefully as possible. If it prints any message, it should be something like "Complete current download Y/N?" and it should clean up any partial downloads either way. rgb > > -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
