Csuite Lynx chokes (fwd)

Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 07:39:59 -0300 (ADT)
From: David Potter <potter@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca>
To: Kevin_Georgison <keving@freenet.mb.ca>
cc: CSuite Development List <csuite-dev@chebucto.ns.ca>, Technical Services Software Team <software@freenet.mb.ca>, Leven <umleven@cc.UManitoba.CA>
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Although weblint is a good tool and should be used as a matter of
routine...

You should be aware that weblint is not all knowing... I manage to
generate weblint errors on perfectly good html. I can't remember the exact
errors but I think they may be triggered by our copyright notice
comments...

david potter

On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Kevin_Georgison wrote:

> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 19:45:20 -0500
> From: Kevin_Georgison <keving@freenet.mb.ca>
> To: CSuite Development List <csuite-dev@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Cc: Technical Services Software Team <software@freenet.mb.ca>,
>     Leven <umleven@cc.UManitoba.CA>
> Subject: Re: Csuite Lynx chokes (fwd)
> 
> On 27 Jun 97 at 12:41, Edward Dyer wrote about Re: Csuite Lynx chokes 
> (fwd):
> 
> I have installed weblint on Blue Sky and will run 
> http://www.freenet.mb.ca/docs/user/guide/index.html
> through it.
> 
> Folks at Chebucto, thanks for checking out the URL.
> 
>    Kevin G
> 
> > Le Jeu, 26 Jun 1997, Stephen Rice écrivait :
> > 
> > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 22:19:58 -0500 (CDT)
> > > From: Stephen Rice <steve@freenet.mb.ca>
> > > To: csuite-dev@chebucto.ns.ca
> > > Subject: Csuite Lynx chokes (fwd)
> > > 
> > > Just an interesting problem, with our version of Lynx, this whole 
> > > document comes up no problem but with the CSUITE Lynx the Appendices of 
> > > the document do not work and neither do the document A NAMEs.  It seems 
> > > to have chopped the result HTML before it could finish.
> > > 
> > > Try it yourself.  Come in as guest to see our Lynx (telnet to 
> > > winnipeg.freenet.mb.ca, login as guest), see option Help (on the main 
> > > menu), then Documentation then select the User Guide.
> > > 
> > > Any thoughts?  Thanks,
> > 
> > What should the document end with, according to your version?  This?
> > -- paste apparent end using CCN Beta-Lynx Version 2.7ac-0.36
> > Int'l.--
> >     Version: 0.1c - Thursday, 26-Jun-97 21:06:29 CDT
> >     URL: http://www.freenet.mb.ca/docs/user/guide/index.html
> >     URL = "http:///docs/user/guide/index.html" For further
> >     information
> > please contact: menu@freenet.mb.ca
> > ------ end paste ----
> > The first hyperlink worked, several following did not :(
> 
> That is correct.  The second URL should have been removed.
> 
> > Netscape 3.0 shows the same end, and a couple of randomly chosen
> > #links worked there.
> 
> Netscape 4.xx crashes on me as I approach the end of doc.  The 
> original document may be correct but the "<--#include" and the
> "<--#exec cgi=" commands may be inserting bad HTML.
> 
> > On the other hand  (Lynx Version 2.7.1ac-0.20) built for Win 95
> > stopped in the middle of the registration form :( and only the first
> > hyperlink worked (the others jumped back to the top, perhaps as if
> > the link were not found.)
> 
> That is what Blue Sky's (Solaris) compilation of Chebucto's Lynx is 
> doing.
> 
> > As a further note, we occasionally saw, in the early days of running
> > CSuite Build under Lynx, that the links stopped working after the
> > "watch the progress" document reached about 200 pages or so.  I
> > don't know whether we were able to find a fix to this or not.  CAN
> > ANYBODY ELSE REPORT on that?
> > 
> > Your document, at 175984 bytes (according to Netscape) must be
> > pushing that same sort of limit.
> > 
> > Ed Dyer aa146@chebucto.ns.ca   (902) H 826-7496  CCN  Assistant
> > Postmaster http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa146/    W 426-4894  CSuite
> > Technical Workshop Religion Page Editor, Chebucto Community Network
> > http://www.chebucto.ns.ca
> > 
> > 
> > >    Steve
> > > 
> > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > > Stephen Rice                                        Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
> > > Technical Services Committee                               steve@freenet.mb.ca
> > > Blue Sky Community Networks of Manitoba, Inc.         Info: info@freenet.mb.ca
> > > 
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 21:17:52 -0500
> > > From: Kevin_Georgison <keving@freenet.mb.ca>
> > > To: Technical Services Software Team <software@freenet.mb.ca>
> > > Subject: Csuite Lynx chokes
> > > 
> > > Csuite Lynx chokes on the hypertext in 
> > > http://www.freenet.mb.ca/docs/user/guide/index.html
> > > _________________________________________________________
> > > Kevin Georgison     E-Mail: mailto:keving@freenet.mb.ca
> > >                     http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~georgkev
> > > 
> > > Technical Services Committee
> > > Muddy Waters Community Network.
> > >   http://www.freenet.mb.ca
> > > _________________________________________________________
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

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