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Re: lynx-dev lynx and proxy. URI question
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David Woolley |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx and proxy. URI question |
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Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:26:57 +0100 (BST) |
> When I tried to follow any link with this setting, it seemed that lynx
> would strip the `http:/' from the front of the link and then complain
> that (say) `/www...' was an ill formed URL. This seems like odd
> behaviour. Can anyone explain why the slash is required, and why
> dropping it causes this problem
What happens in proxy mode is that the browser effectively accesses
the URL:
http://proxy:port/<original URL>
Lynx does this in a rather literal way by actually forming this URL
internally.