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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: KFM Url completion patch...]
From:       David Faure <David.Faure () insa-lyon ! fr>
Date:       1999-01-27 17:38:11
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On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 09:00:29AM -0700, Jiva DeVoe wrote:
> I dunno if you are asking for my 2 cents here, but if you are, here it is:
> 
> If I'm in a directory, and I highlight the URL, and type over the whole
> thing, I would not expect it to go to a directory named what I typed in
> the current directory.  If I wanted it to do that, I'd have put my cursor
> at the end of my URL and started typing there.  That's just the way I
> work.  If I highlight the entire URL and begin typing, I would expect that
> I am specifying an entirely new resource and kfm should act accordingly.

This is completely true.
I agree.

The question that remains is : do we add the 'if no / and no : then prepend 
http://' patch.

Can somebody find a case where this would break something ?
If not, I guess I could commit it...

(I remember my girlfriend moaning about this damn web browser not
understanding what is 'altavista'. OK this patch doesn't fix it, it would
work only with 'altavista.com')

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|  David FAURE                                                       |
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