On 08-08-2002, lcrocker(a)nupedia.com wrote thusly :
> Using lynx
to change the number of displayed entries gives
> "Bad request error".
> I think the extra space character is the culprit.
>
http://www.wikipedia.com/w/wiki.phtml?search=History
&limit=50&offset=0
I can't see how you managed to enter that extra space. Spaces
are illegal in URLs, and I couldn't find any way to get Lynx to
let me enter one. The links on the page are correct, the code
does exactly the right thing, and even when I typed in the URL
manually Lynx removed the space for me.
I was not entering the link manaully, I
followed it and the above link
is copypasted from the Lynx's address line.
In any case there's nothing I can do--you are in
fact making
an illegal request, and software is correctly reporting that fact.
If the software were itself /generating/ a bad link or someting,
then that would be a bug.
I can't reproduce the bug today. Never mind.
Regards,
kpj.