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lynx-dev forms problem (unanswered query)


From: Philip Webb
Subject: lynx-dev forms problem (unanswered query)
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 02:09:07 -0400 (EDT)

990428 Robert Brown wrote: 
> This problem suddenly started occuring today.
> (Does lynx have a Y2K bug? :-)  Maybe I have a lynx virus? :-)

neither is likely (smile).
you don't mention which version you are using: i'm using 2-8-2dev.19 ;
you can get the latest 2-8-2pre.1 from  sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current .

> I can longer submit forms (method=GET).
> Lynx always thinks the forms are empty and the server usually complains.
> if I visit www.altavista.com (I accept all the cookies),
> when I submit the form (using 'x', just in case), I land on an empty query.

i went to that site, entered `English' as the language
& entered `what is wrong?' as the question, then submitted.
the response was a page including:

   AltaVista found about 1,740,623 Web pages for you.

   Result Pages: 1  [9]2  [10]3  [11]4  [12]5  [13]6  [14]7  [15]8  [16]9
   [17]10 [18]11 [19]12 [20]13 [21]14 [22]15 [23]16 [24]17
   [25]18 [26]19 [27]20 [28][Next >>]

   1. [29]What's Wrong With FONT?
      What's wrong with the FONT element? When Netscape introduced
      its FONT element, with its SIZE= and COLOR= attributes, many
      web authors welcomed the promise.
      URL: www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/font.html
      Last modified 31-Mar-99 - page size 8K - in English
      [ [30]Translate ]
                                                                           
-- remainder snipped --

> When I type '=' to find the current URL,
> it's  http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?
> and the 'Submit' on this new blank query page is
>  http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text
> The 'Submit' on this new blank query page is completely non-functional
> Lynx does nothing at all.
 
 =  tells me:

   Linkname: AltaVista: Simple Query what is wrong?
           URL: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&text=yes&kl=en&q=wh
                at+is+wrong%3F&act=search
                
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