Re: lynx-dev LYNX: doing "]" (HEAD) on lynx doc & manual

[pg]

In a recent note, David Combs said:

> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 11:26:29 -0800 (PST)
> 
> So I do "]":
> 
>     sorry, document is not an html document
>     (or some such msg)
> 
Actually, it's:

    User message: Sorry, the link is not an http URL.
                                            ^^^^

> I ask myself, well, just what IS this thing.  So I do "\".
> LOOKS LIKE HTML TO ME!
> Please, what am I missing about this?
> 
The URL is:
    file://localhost/pub/unsup/test/lib/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html
    ^^^^

It keys on the URL _scheme_ which is, in this case, "file", not "http".

Bummer.

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