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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: naming inconsistency in KURL
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-05-31 13:41:18
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On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:28:05PM +0100, Richard Moore wrote:
> David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 08:22:04AM -0400, pbrown@redhat.com wrote:
> > > On Tue, 30 May 2000, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> > >
> > > > The first
> > > > >    * @return The complete URL.
> > > >
> > > > and the second
> > > > >    * @return A human readable URL.
> > >
> > > I don't know what a human-readable URL is vs. the complete one.  This only
> > > makes sense if you already understand the methods! :)
> > 
> > If you used konqueror to do web browsing as it is now (which displays .prettyURL(),
> > and if you used the 1.90 version (which displayed .url()) you would
> > see a huge difference.
> > 
> > What else is there to say ? One is the complete url, the other one is
> > the human readable one, just as the docu states ;-)
> 
> I think an example would be a good start. eg. if the url is something
> like:
> http://localhost:8080/test.cgi?test=hello%20world&name=fred
> 
> What is the human readable version? I can think of several possible
> answers.
> http://localhost:8080/test.cgi
> http://localhost:8080/test.cgi?test=hello world&name=fred
This one.

Think of it in konqueror's location bar: you want it nicely displayed
(no unnecessary encodings), but you still want it complete and working,
in case you hit Enter or edit it manually.

I stand corrected. The docu lacks an example :)

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David FAURE
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