GNU bug report logs - #31483
25.2; handling of links in eww

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Message #8 received at 31483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jevon Longdell <jevon <at> physics.otago.ac.nz>
Cc: 31483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jevon.longdell <at> otago.ac.nz
Subject: Re: bug#31483: 25.2; handling of links in eww
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 15:23:56 -0400

Jevon Longdell <jevon <at> physics.otago.ac.nz> writes:

> I have to admit that I am responsible for this webpage and a bit of an
> amateur so it might be my shoddy HTML is at fault. That said all other
> browsers I have tried have no problems.
>
> the HTML for the link in that is followed incorrectly is:
> <a href="http:linearsystems">ELEC441 Course Documents</a>

libxml2 gives this result when parsing that HTML:

(html nil (body nil (a ((href . "http:linearsystems")) "ELEC441 Course Documents")))

So if some guessing is to be added to the URL parsing, I think that
should go in libxml2, so I'm closing this bug report.

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