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Library bugs and wishes

These are things which need to be fixed or would be useful if added in the W3 common code library. See also a list of features added and bugs fixed.
  • Add rcp access to the "file" access method if it is straightforward. The rcp protocol was originally defined by the UCB code, and still is perhaps best defined that way. More recent retrospctive documentation exists (where?)
  • Add code to save back files by HTTP or FTP, and code to REGENERATE HTML from a styled hypertext.
  • In each protocol access module, put timeouts on both connect() and read() using non-blocking mode and select() to allow user-defined covering timeouts for document retrieval. A little common code here would be useful, allowing also platform-dependent "Abort" buttons on long transfers.
  • Library version number for diagnostic output by programs
  • Makefile -- complete dependencies