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In message <19990310155223.19500.qmail@deer>you write: > > > 2. Chasing a link, even to a node in the currently open page, > > > can sometimes cause the entire page to be re-read. (E.g. > > > this happens starting with g77_bugs.html and chasing "But-Bugs" > > > in the first menu. At least for me, using lynx.) > >That's because the links, which appear to you to be in the same file are > >actually in different files. > > > >ie, you started by looking at g77_news.html When you follow a link you'll > >find that you actually go into something like g77_20.html > > That's strange, because the information is already on my screen. I.e. > I go to g77_bugs.html, get 94K, then follow a link to something entirely > within the same file I already have, and it reads a whole new one. It's not the same file from the web server's standpoint. That's the souce of the confusion I think. > Ah, I think I see what's going on now, and your explanation fits it. > Basically, g77_news.html is a complete 94K file containing the > relevant section, but all its links to the info it contains are really > to, e.g., g77_20.html. Very close. g77_news.html is a symbolic link to g77_xx.html. So, in effect it is a different file. > So, only the first time somebody follows a link, will it get re-read. > After that, they "live" in the "real" file, and can move around within > links contained therein with no re-reading. Correct.