Re: lynx-dev Bug with multiple A HREF's sharing same NAME

[dickey]

> 
> I've noticed that Lynx (including 2-8-1pre1) has trouble handling <A HREF> 
> tags with the same NAME attribute, as generated by LaTeX2HTML. Basically, it 
> makes all the links point to the same URL, that of the first such tag. Other 
> browsers handle things correctly (I've only checked Netscape and MSIE, but I 
> hear from Steven Baum that others work), although I'm not sure what the HTML 
> spec says the correct thing really is in this case - Lynx's behaviour, 
> although annoying, seems more logical to me. 
>  
> Anyhow, it would be nice to make Lynx use the different URLs; apparently 
> older versions did. 
a sample file (or url) would help (cuts down on the time to investigate it).
  
> Another "problem" is that switching from rendered to source view makes Lynx 
> retrieve the whole page from the distant server again; would it be possible 
> for it to keep the current page around? 
we've talked about caching - may work on that during the 2.8.2 development.
  
> Thanks, 
>  
> Stephen 
>  
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