Re: lynx-dev Possible bug with link numbering

[Philip Webb]

981128 Doug Kaufman wrote: 
> I am attaching the print to file of the main screen
> at "http://www.hotmail.com";.  Links number 1 and 5 to "spacer.gif"
> were not included in the numbering for the "g" command.
> It appears that screen links 1 and 5 aren't counted when the
> "g" command is counting, but are when the screen is numbered.
> I tried looking at the source to the html, but didn't see the problem.
> This is with lynx2.8.2dev.6 running on SunOS 4.1.3_U1,
> set with VERBOSE_IMAGES TRUE. I compiled with gcc and slang.
> The file "spacer.gif" does exist,
> and can be reached with the URL on lynx's command line.
> 
>    [1]-
>    [2][MSN Hotmail Logo]
>    [3]The World's FREE Web-Based Email
>    Free Email ( Electronic Mail ) on the Internet
>    using your Web Browser.
>    [4]Registered Users
>    [5]-
>    [6]Login Name:   [7]Password:
>    [8]________________   [9]________________    [10]Enter
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using 2-8-1rel.1 with verbose images &  -tagsoup ,
Lynx numbers the two input fields above [1] & [2].
all the previous items [1] - [7] in DK's version are images in a table:
isn't this a case of HTML soup which the switch strains correctly?

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