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Re: LYNX-DEV Possible lynx bug
From: |
Christopher R. Maden |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV Possible lynx bug |
Date: |
Fri, 7 Mar 1997 22:40:39 GMT |
[Jessica Perry Hekman]
> I'm on the webmaster alias for ora.com, and a user recently reported
> to us something which he believed to be a problem on our site, but
> which I now believe to be a problem with his browser (lynx 2.6). I
> could be convinced that I'm wrong :)
>
> Essentially, lynx was complaining about a badly formed address, but
> the address (which was generated by excite) appears to me to be just
> fine. The address is of the form
> "http://some.site.com/excite-engine?arguments". You can reproduce
> the problem by visiting www.ora.com/catalog/search.html, entering
> some search term, and trying to follow the first of the three links
> returned per hit (the one marked simply LINK when viewed with lynx,
> but a thumbnail graphic with a graphical browser).
Hi, Jessica.
Lynx 2.7 handles the link OK. Lynx 2.6 reports a badly formed
address; I believe this is a 2.6 bug. Lynx isn't parsing the relative
URL in the link correctly; oddly, if the page is reloaded, it works.
Users with this problem should either upgrade to Lynx 2.7 or reload
the page after performing a search.
File that you are currently viewing
Linkname: O'Reilly Catalog Search Results
URL: http://www.ora.com/cgi-bin/AT-CatalogIndexsearch.cgi
Post Data: mode=concept&search=gnu+emacs&sp=sp
Post Content Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Owner(s): None
size: 50 lines
mode: forms mode
Link that you currently have selected
Linkname: [LINK]
Filename:
AT-CatalogIndexsearch.cgi?doc=d60&searchpage=http://www.ora.com
/catalog/search.html
-Chris (husband to Ellie)
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Christopher R. Maden One Richmond Square
DynaText SIT Technical Support Providence, RI 02906 USA
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