Re: LYNX-DEV ac0.97: CGI &-separated parameters are broken now.

[Al Gilman]

to follow up on what [______ ______] said:

> Just try to enter this URL with Lynx (you can't)
> 
> <a href="http://www.Lpage.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=AcheBook&lang=ru-en";> 
> My guestbook</a>

Chris Maden indirectly pointed out that this is an FAQ when he used
it as a classic example, thus:

>> This is analogous to when &amp; should be used in hrefs.  When it's a
>> field separator in a URL, you don't want to hide it from the Web
>> server, so you should not use %26, but you do want to hide it from the
>> SGML entity manager, so you should use &amp;.

And yes, you can find the reference by searching for "escaping" in

http://www.access.digex.net/%7Easgilman/lynx/FAQ/

-- Al

i.e. use

<a 
href="http://www.Lpage.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=AcheBook&amp;lang=ru-en";>