Re: LYNX-DEV Question about lynx 2.6FM and news:

[Ismael Cordeiro]

Larry W. Virden wrote:

> When I go to <URL:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw> I get the
> following page (well, this is what lynx saves as the page). The problem is
> that when I try to follow the 'Earlier articles' link I am unable to reach
> it. I was wondering if the ability to specify article rangers is a special
> feature provided by the newsserver in question

The same thing happens here with Lynx2-6FM 01/16, 01/13 and 01/10 but not
with Lynx2-6, which correctly gets the "Earlier articles..". I believe it's
related to the problem I reported a few days ago which was corrected by
Foteos. Here's a trace of both:

Lynx 2-6FM 01/16
----------------

LYpush: address:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw
        title:Newsgroup perl.porters-gw
LYGetFile: getting news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
Getting news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:
Entered HTAnchor_findAddress
Anchor f6cf8 with address 
`news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680' already exists.
HTAccess: loading document 
news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680HTParse: 
aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   relatedName:file:
HTParse: result:news
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu:119/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu:119/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:news
HTNews: Looking for news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
NNTP command to be sent: mode reader
NNTP Response: 500 command not recognized.
NNTP command to be sent: GROUP 28651-28680
NNTP Response: 411 no such news group
411 no such news group
News: doing HTDoConnect on 'news://genetics.upenn.edu/'
Connecting to NewsHost ...
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
Looking up genetics.upenn.edu.
TCP: Parsed address as port 119, IP address 130.91.204.50
Making NNTP connection to genetics.upenn.edu.
HTNews: Connected to news host genetics.upenn.edu.
NNTP Response: 200 ANU NEWS/NNTP server hmivax (V6.1B10). Ready at Sat Jan 18 
10:23:56 1997 (posting ok).
NNTP command to be sent: mode reader
NNTP Response: 500 command not recognized.
NNTP command to be sent: GROUP 28651-28680
NNTP Response: 411 no such news group
Alert!: 411 no such news group
Alert!: 411 no such news group
HTAccess:  status=-29999
HTAccess: `news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680' has been 
accessed, No data loaded.
[...]

Lynx 2-6
--------

LYpush: address:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw
        title:Newsgroup perl.porters-gw
LYGetFile: getting news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
Getting news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:
Entered HTAnchor_findAddress
Anchor 17a628 with address 
`news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680' already exists.
HTAccess: loading document news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:file:
HTParse: result:news
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu:119/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu:119/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:news
HTNews: Looking for news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:genetics.upenn.edu
NNTP command to be sent: mode reader
NNTP Response: 500 command not recognized.
NNTP command to be sent: GROUP perl.porters-gw
NNTP Response: 211 889 27822 28710 perl.porters-gw
Reading list of articles in newsgroup.
GridText: Change to style Normal
GridText: split_line called
HTML:begin_element: adding style to stack - Normal
HTML:begin_element: adding style to stack - Normal
HTML:end_element: Popped style off stack - Normal
HTML:end_element: Popped style off stack - Normal
Newsgroup status=211, count=889, (27822-28710) required:(28651-28680)
    Chunk will be (28651-28680)
GridText: Change to style Heading1
HTML:begin_element: adding style to stack - Heading1
HTML:end_element: Popped style off stack - Normal
GridText: Change to style Normal
GridText: split_line called
GridText: split_line called
    Block before is perl.porters-gw/28621-28650
new Anchor d9d38 named `' is child of 17a628
Entered HTAnchor_findChildAndLink
HTParse: aName:perl.porters-gw/28621-28650   
relatedName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28651-28680
1
HTParse: result:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28621-28650
HTParse: aName:news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28621-28650   
relatedName:
HTParse: result:
Entered HTAnchor_findAddress
New anchor 175048 has hash 79 and address 
`news://genetics.upenn.edu/perl.porters-gw/28621-28650'
Linking anchor d9d38 to anchor 175048
HTML:begin_element: adding style to stack - Normal
HTML:end_element: Popped style off stack - Normal
GridText: split_line called
GridText: split_line called
Beginning underline
HTML:begin_element: adding style to stack - Normal
HTML:end_element: Popped style off stack - Normal
Ending underline
GridText: Change to style List
GridText: split_line called
HTML:begin_element: adding style to stack - List
NNTP command to be sent: HEAD 28651
NNTP Response: 221 28651 <address@hidden> article retrieved - head follows
G Relay-Version: ANU News - V6.1B10 04/18/95 OpenVMS VAX V6.0; site hmivax
G Path: hmivax!newsmgr
[...]

Ismael
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