Albert Reiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> [Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:01:30 +1100]:
> > If I view the "WWWOFFLE-cached and fetched" URLs while online, I get:
> > 
> > - a WWWOFFLE message "Page not found" in the browser's main window; and
> > - the full URL (with the %09) in the browser's address-bar.
> > 
> > Removing the unwanted "%09" and refetching the URL is then easy.  And
> > it is only a minor hassle to decide - when offline - which entry in the
> > WWWOFFLE index to select.
> > 
> > However, if I do not view the fetched page until offline, all I have is
> > the "Page not found" notification.
> > 
> > Then I have to rely on my fading memory to load the URL when online next
> > and then reload after deleting "%09".  Showing the unwanted VT in the
> > WWWOFFLE indexes would be a welcome crutch!
> 
> Maybe I don't quite understand your problem, but doesn't this "page
> not found" notification also have the URL (including %09) in the
> address bar?  If so, you can simply edit that address and reload, and
> Wwwoffle will load the correct one the next time it is online.  You
> don't have to be online in order to request a page.
> 
> Or otherwise, you probably followed a link from some index (like
> lastout) to view the page; if so, I would expect you to be able to
> edit the link before following it.  At least that is the case for
> lynx.

This was my point.  The URL modification only applies to what is shown
in the index and not what is in the URL bar of the browser.  If
WWWOFFLE caches the page (with the VT) but you don't view it there is
no problem.  If WWWOFFLE caches the page (with the VT) and you view it
then the browesr URL shows the problem.

> Apart from all this, I find the decoding of the URLs in the indices
> not very helpful and slightly annoying; it is not important, but my
> preference is the exact URL to be shown; this would also solve Felix's
> problem.

I find that it is useful more often than it is not useful.  I agree
though that sometimes it can be misleading (especially with invisible
characters).  For URLs like Google things look much better in the
index with:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q="wwwoffle is great"

than with:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22wwwoffle+is+rubbish%22

The first one is much more readable than the second one.

-- 
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop                             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
                                      http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/

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