Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types

[pg]

In a recent note, John Bley said:

> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:31:24 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> Perhaps one of the goals for the 2.8.3dev series might be to take a 
> survey of how other browsers handle url guessing and incorporate/steal 
> the "best" heuristics for lynx.
> 
An interesting one I encountered in one browser (Charlotte) long ago:
The "goto" command treates its argument precisely as if it appeared
in a HREF="<string typed>" argument.  So partial URLs are expanded
relative to the BASE address of the page currently displayed.

-- gil