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Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types
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David Combs |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types |
Date: |
Tue, 18 May 1999 07:21:22 -0700 |
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.
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, Philip Webb, 1999/05/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, pg, 1999/05/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, mattack, 1999/05/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, Philip Webb, 1999/05/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, pg, 1999/05/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, John Bley, 1999/05/14
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, pg, 1999/05/14
- Message not available
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, Greg Marr, 1999/05/14
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, Doug Kaufman, 1999/05/13
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, Vlad Harchev, 1999/05/14
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types,
David Combs <=
- Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, Larry W. Virden, 1999/05/13
Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types, David Combs, 1999/05/13