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lynx-dev dev.16 patch 5 corrected


From: Klaus Weide
Subject: lynx-dev dev.16 patch 5 corrected
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 05:01:54 -0600 (CST)

Corrections: filled in RFC number, changed capitalization of one expression.
Sorry.

   Klaus

* Changed INSTALLATION text for --enable-internal-links.

Index: 2.32/INSTALLATION
--- 2.32/INSTALLATION Sat, 04 Dec 1999 01:44:26 -0600
+++ 2.32(w)/INSTALLATION Fri, 10 Dec 1999 04:58:18 -0600
@@ -372,10 +372,19 @@
   --enable-justify-elts                        (define EXP_JUSTIFY_ELTS)
        use experimental element-justification logic.
 
-  --enable-internal-links              (prevent defining 
DONT_TRACK_INTERNAL_LINKS)
-       Disabled by default, this option allows tracking of internal links,
-       a feature which could, however, compromise a secure transaction by
-       forcing inappropriate resubmission of form content.
+  --enable-internal-links      (prevent defining DONT_TRACK_INTERNAL_LINKS)
+       With this option, `internal links' (links within a document to a
+       location within the same document) get treated differently.  Lynx
+       can distinguish between `<A HREF="foo#frag">' and `<A HREF="#frag">',
+       for example, within a document whose URL is `foo', and may handle
+       them differently.  Practical differences appear only when the
+       containing document is the result of a POST request or has a no-cache
+       flag set.  According to the author of this feature, it does The Right
+       Thing, interprets URL-references as required by RFC 2396, and prevents
+       inappropriate resubmissions of form content with the POST method.
+       According to a previous lynx maintainer, it does the wrong thing,
+       is unnecessary, and can cause inappropriate resubmission of form
+       content.
 
   --enable-kbd-layout                  (define EXP_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT)
        Disabled by default, this option allows you to use translation


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