From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/7271 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Pieri Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: still one smiley glitch Date: 19 Jul 1996 10:17:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: <199607171725.NAA16358@gorilla.eng.lycos.com> <31ED35BF.608A@aventail.com> <1lybkh73p7.fsf@zagato.visix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035147604 6591 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:00:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:00:04 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA06297 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 07:51:08 -0700 Original-Received: from unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (unilab.dfci.harvard.edu [155.52.46.57]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 16:18:39 +0200 Original-Received: (from ratinox@localhost) by unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA06056; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 10:18:06 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: Greg Thompson's message of 18 Jul 1996 15:37:40 -0400 Original-Lines: 39 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.34/Emacs 19.31 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:7271 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:7271 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> "GT" == Greg Thompson writes: GT> this is not true. has nothing to do with proper url syntax. GT> it has become common convention when embedding a url in a piece of GT> mail or something, but a url does not need that stuff around it. it GT> sounds like you are describing a convention for putting a url in a GT> message, not the proper syntax of a url. Check the RFCs (1738?), because what I describe is exactly the standard for placing a URL in a human-readable document, which is what we are dealing with. Without the '' wrapper, a URL in such a document is not considered valid; it has not been properly delimited. Therefore, the proper format for specifying a generic file is Yes, I goofed last time up; the hostname is not optional. For a local file, the hostname part may be 'localhost'. And a minor correction. Usernames and passwords may appear in a URL, like this: They are, of course, optional. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMe+ZFZ6VRH7BJMxHAQEgmwP+MTrGhz2Cf2svOfnCSHZyRWzh5A9yRX3c /T8PByeZj56I1+OVvQjS+cCmG/JCIdq2wjZscipo3/c4I47N9g9pGggZJDNKfs5X u580lB+CXhJpjTHT/P6eWd3igAFQAakgVkX0ESrt0V8G9PbteuOeFuZz1uNVd6q7 VmytNroDTIM= =PxiU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Richard Pieri/Information Services \ If you're not receiving enough attention, \ try knocking over some very expensive http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/ \ antique lamps. -A cat's guide to life