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Re: iceweasal vs long urls. Long url wins, iceweasal doesn't



On 2015-03-10 13:36 +0100, Gene Heskett wrote:

> Using a distro based on wheezy, configured with a real time kernel, but 
> Over on another list, I've a guy using dropbox to post some .png images 
> of a circuit board he has designed.
>
> Unfortunately I cannot see those images because dropbox is using %20 for 
> spaces in the returned URL.  But between my clicking on the link in 
> kmail 1.13.7, and iceweasal, the %20's are being converted to spaces by 
> the time I see iceweasal's address bar contents, so of course I am 
> looking at dropboxes fancy 404's page since spaces aren't allowed in a 
> URL.
>
> This translation should not be taking place IMO.

It's normally only used for display, iceweasel should still send the %20
to the server.

> Is this something I can fix with an iceweasal about:config option?

Yes, set browser.urlbar.trimURLs to false.

Cheers,
       Sven


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