Re: lynx-dev LYNX: more pleas for the L-page addrs

[Leonid Pauzner]

18-Jan-99 20:02 Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, David Combs wrote:
>> Well, I thought people must be gung ho about seeing the
>> titles (else why would they appear on the L-page once the
>> addr was visited).
>>
>> Of couse, the titles are all there in plain view on the
>> "main" page -- spread around, maybe, but there.

> No, they are not.  You misunderstand what titles are.
> What Lynx regards as the title usually comes from the
> contents of the <TITLE> element.  The title of a document
> to which there is a link therefore usually comes from within
> the contents of the referred-to documents, not from the contents
> of the referring document.  Therefore it is not available
> unless the referred-to document has been already loaded.

BTW, when you got a HEAD request and press = for information
you saw a rendered page title if you request a HEAD for document,
and "anchor text" if you request a HEAD for a link.