Re: lynx-dev lynx and proxy. URI question

[Leonid Pauzner]

> James Kilfiger wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am using lynx with my university's web cache.
>> This is located at http://wwwcache.warwick.ac.uk:3128/
>>
>> I incorrectly set the http_proxy enviroment variable to
>>  http://wwwcache.warwick.ac.uk:3128
>> (without the trailing slash)
>>
>> When I tried to follow any link with this setting, it seemed that lynx
>> would strip the `http:/' from the front of the link and then complain
>> that (say) `/www...' was an ill formed URL.  This seems like odd
>> behaviour.  Can anyone explain why the slash is required, and why
>> dropping it causes this problem

It was already replyed but I want to stress the following:
lynx.cfg speaking of syntax of xxx_proxy environments show the examples
but say nothing about the trailing slash (while the man page and
environment.html do).