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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
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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 ]
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> 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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