Relative links vs scheme-less links

[colecmac at protonmail.com]

Okay, I stand corrected. Thanks!


makeworld

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On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 3:24 PM, plugd <plugd at thelambdalab.xyz> wrote:

> colecmac at protonmail.com writes:
>
> > link. This works fine when it actually is a relative link, but what
> > about this?
> > => makeworld.gq/gemlog/ Link to gemlog
>
> > I am just writing these wrong, and scheme-less links should always start
> > with `//`? The spec says "a scheme of gemini:// is implied", so I assumed
> > having those would be redundant.
>
> The // are part of the authority section of the URI, which includes the
> host. If this weren't the case, the intepretation of the URI would be ambiguous.
>
> To specify the host but not the scheme you need
> => //makeworld.gq/gemlog/
>
> Sean's client torture test is actually a great source of information on
> things like this, and any client that passes it is going to behave in
> the same way. It'd be nice to have it made explict somewhere else too.
>
> plugd