Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx & refresh?

[David Woolley]

Thomas Dickey wrote:

> It does (unless you've found a bug).  Quoting from the user guide:
>
>    Lynx recognizes and processes Refresh directives in META elements, but
>    puts  up  a  labeled  link,  typically in the upper left corner of the
>    display,  indicating  the number of seconds intended before a refresh,
>    and   the   URL  for  the  refresh,  instead  of  making  the  request
>    automatically  after  the  indicated  number  of  seconds. This allows
>    people  using  a  braille  interface any amount of time to examine the
>    current  document  before  activating  the  link  for the next URL. In

It might be worth adding that the use of Refresh for redirection is 
explicitly discouraged in the HTML specification.

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