[Conkeror] [PATCH] find-url with blank url reloads buffer.

David Kettler David.Kettler at dsto.defence.gov.au
Wed Nov 5 17:36:02 PST 2008


> Note that loading the same URL as the current page is not equivalent to
> reloading.  First of all, if the current page was obtained from a POST
> request, naturally the URL does not capture the post data.  Furthermore,
> the referrer URL will not be included either.

Oh, right.  Bummer.

> For that reason, in order for a blank URL to properly mean reload, it
> really would have to be special cased, and I simply don't think that
> makes sense.

Agreed.

I'll wait for any comments on the read_url_handler patch, then
resubmit without read_url_handler_blank_is_current.  I may continue to
use it myself though; it's sufficient for the limited cases where I
use it.

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