Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:30:41 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: Dave Bird cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: DJGPPFAQ.HTML, usability problems. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Dave Bird wrote: > If a link fails to link, the lusers are likely to view the source > to find out what's happening (whether or not they're supposed to). Right, that's why I always make sure all links work (except that I cannot fix bugs in particular versions of browsers). Anyway, the next release of Texinfo will make the source look much better. > I don't know why netscape have decided to make your life harder > by changing the rules for version 4; I'll use version 3. The problem with blanks in names will also go away with the next release of Texinfo: it replaces blanks in anchors with %20. > >> In Internet Exploder they work but Back doesn't > >> work with local names, it goes "back" to the top of the file; > > > >I cannot reproduce this problem in IE. What version did you use? > > It seems to be version 3.0 Yep, it seems like a bug in that version: "Back" always goes to the beginning of the document, no matter where do you press it. Seems like IE3 maintains only one place per document. > The problem that the new version of Netscape has lumbered you > with re spaces in names is genuine enough How about editing the file to replace all blanks in anchor names with a %20? Given a good editor, that should be a simple job. Btw, I really suggest to use Info to read the FAQ locally. Info has much more sophisticated search facilities, which are imperative for such a large document that brings together a huge hodgepodge of almost unrelated snippets.