Re: svgalib links switches back to console when connecting

ooh, and I forgot to mention that when a proxy server is set up, the
switch only happens once - apparently when connecting to the proxy

Jirka

> I have a strange problem. I use Links 2.1pre9 with svgalib 1.4.3-7.
> Each time links connects to a new server, it switches back to the
> console where it was run from. When I switch back, it operates normally
> until again a new server is contacted (i.e. subsequent requests to the
> same server do not cause this)
> 
> I don't think it is caused by DNS lookups, as it happens even when I use
> IP addresses in the URLs.
> 
> I tried both with HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 and the problem occurs with both
> - I think that 1.0 does not have persistent connections (???) - if that
> is true, the problem probably will not have anything to do with the
> actual connect(2)ing to the server and anything happening after that,
> but rather some function that happens before the connect(2)
> 
> Also, connecting to a previously used server doesn't cause the problem:
> http://a/something	-> switch to console
> http://b		-> switch to console
> http://a/somethingelse	-> ok, no switch
> 
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