--- kurl.cpp.orig	Wed Jul 28 10:47:13 1999
+++ kurl.cpp	Wed Jul 28 10:51:24 1999
@@ -151,21 +151,27 @@
     else
     {
 	// Relative URL
-
-        malformed = _base_url.malformed;
-        protocol_part = _base_url.protocol_part;
-        host_part = _base_url.host_part;
-        port_number = _base_url.port_number;
-        path_part = _base_url.path_part;
-        path_part_decoded = _base_url.path_part_decoded;
-        ref_part = _base_url.ref_part;
-        dir_part = _base_url.dir_part;
-        user_part = _base_url.user_part;
-        passwd_part = _base_url.passwd_part;
-        bNoPath = _base_url.bNoPath;
-        detach();
-
-	cd( _rel_url );
+	if (strncmp ( "//", _rel_url, 2 ) == 0)
+	{
+	    parse( _base_url.protocol_part+":"+_rel_url);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    malformed = _base_url.malformed;
+	    protocol_part = _base_url.protocol_part;
+	    host_part = _base_url.host_part;
+	    port_number = _base_url.port_number;
+	    path_part = _base_url.path_part;
+	    path_part_decoded = _base_url.path_part_decoded;
+	    ref_part = _base_url.ref_part;
+	    dir_part = _base_url.dir_part;
+	    user_part = _base_url.user_part;
+	    passwd_part = _base_url.passwd_part;
+	    bNoPath = _base_url.bNoPath;
+	    detach();
+	    
+	    cd( _rel_url );
+	}
     } 
 }