Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.2 dev8 bug

[Larry W. Virden]

From: Philip Webb <address@hidden>

> 981204 Larry Virden wrote re  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/ :
> > one pecularity I see on that page with lynx 2.8.2rel8 is
> > that link 2 on the page is numbered (I use numbered links)
> > but I cannot get to it by moving the cursor.
> 
>  
> i have no problem reading the stories with 2-8-1rel.1
> -- eg the UK government is looking for an Internet czar, apparently -- ;
> i use  -tagsoup , which solved a similar problem recently: have you tried it?
> 

Yes - I just did check and saw the same problem.  Here's theline
of html that's causing the problem:
 <TD><A 
HREF="http://www.heise.de/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.heise.de/newsticker/start/29093/BottomLeft/HE50----35-1--1/Zaehler.gif/3133342e3234332e35302e3730";
 target="_top"><IMG 
SRC="http://www.heise.de/RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.ads/www.heise.de/newsticker/start/29093/BottomLeft/HE50----35-1--1/Zaehler.gif/3133342e3234332e35302e3730";
  WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 ALT="" border=0></A></TD>


If that ALT="" at the end is changed to ALT="X", the link then becomes
selectable.  The problem is that it's an HREF, but which has no text or
displayable image - so lynx has nothing to put there.  It should create
an empty link, but something's wrong.
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