Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types

[David Combs]

On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 02:27:07PM +0500, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 1999, Doug Kaufman wrote:
> <snip>
> 
>   It seems to me that nobody in this thread have read description of 
> URL_DOMAIN_SUFFIXES and URL_DOMAIN_PREFIXES. This is a quote from docs:
> 
>    The prefixes will not be used if
>    the first element ends in a dot (or has a dot before the :port or
>    /path), and similarly the suffixes will not be used if the first
>    element begins with a dot (e.g., .nyu.edu will become
>    http://www.nyu.edu without testing www.nyu.com).  
> 

Real clear -- about as clear as reading one of those thin,
expensive, advanced-math books.  Especially for the end-user.

VERY helpful would be some examples, like the one Doug himself
added to his email:

>  So, to go to http://www.ru, it's enough to 'g' to '.ru'

And also for that :port thingie.

Plus, some EMPHASIS on certain words:


>    The PREFIXES will NOT be attempted if
>    the FIRST element ENDS in a dot (OR has a dot BEFORE the :port or
>    /path).  The SUFFIXES won't be attempted if the FIRST
>    element BEGINS with a dot (e.g., .nyu.edu will become
>    http://www.nyu.edu without attempting www.nyu.com).  

Best of all, a sentence or two of WHY the rules are the way
they are.  Give the user a *feeling* for this scheme.