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Re: lynx-dev submitting forms does not work -- always empty; version 2.8
From: |
Serge Munhoven |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev submitting forms does not work -- always empty; version 2.8.1 |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:32:00 +0200 |
On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 11:55:47AM -0400, Robert Brown wrote:
> This problem suddenly started occuring today. (Does lynx have a Y2K bug?
> :-) Maybe I have a lynx virus? :-)
>
> I can longer submit forms (method=GET). Lynx always thinks the forms are
> empty and the server usually complains. This is pretty annoying.
>
> For example, if I visit www.altavista.com (I accept all the cookies), when
> I submit the form (using 'x', just in case), I land on an empty query.
> When I type '=' to find the current URL, it's
>
> http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?
>
> and the 'Submit' on this new blank query page is
>
> http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text
>
> (which is extremely non-sensical). The 'Submit' on this new blank query
> page
> is completely non-functional -- Lynx does nothing at all.
>
Sorry, I do not have a direct answer to your problem, but the following
might be a useful debugging tool (for this and other cases) :
http://echo.znet.de:8888/
- Serge