1.1.2 bug, news lists

[Jeffrey A Law]

  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.