Re: cleaning a field in lynx

Hi Again,
My apologies, has been a very busy week, with my birthday in the middle.
Here is what I understood yours and Chime's problem was, when downloading 
a file from NPR.
Chime shared that he had to backspace over all those extra symbols.
so, the control u command removes that need, leaving a blank field so you 
can provide the file name you  want for whatever you are downloading.
To be forthright, I use that tool everywhere, control u or control k 
creating  an empty field for a filename to be saved that I will remember.
Does that make more sense?

The field is empty so you can provide the file name you actually want, 
instead of extra characters.

Kare



On Wed, 19 Aug 2026, rbell--- via Lynx-dev wrote:

> 	Quoth Karen Lewellen: 'the command for cleaning a field takes
> less then 2 seconds to type'
>
> 	When I type ctrl-u I have an empty field.  If I try to save
> lynx doesn't because the field is empty.  If I want to save the file,
> and I have cleaned the field, I have to enter something.  Is it
> different for you?
>
> russell bell
>
>