What the server does or does not do with # is irrelevant because it's not sent to the server.
What other servers do with other urls is also not particularly relevant in understanding what's happening here. Finally, your urls without # characters in them are not examples of anchor refinement. (I could explain why, if you're interested in understanding that distinction.) Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 2:58 PM greg heil <[email protected]> wrote: > Raul > > The # part of a URL reaches the corresponding Anchor Tag. > > >That may or may not exist. Certainly servers are free to do whatever they > like on a user 'error'. Some take that liberty more than others, such as > Wikis, paywalled sites etc. > > >Here is an example from a more conformant server > > W/o anchor refinement > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736200 > > With a nonsense anchor refinement > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736200#nonsense > > And with a sensible anchor refinement > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736200#21737303 > > >The second URL simply drop the error, while the third leads to the > appropriate sub place in the document. > > ~greg > http://krsnadas.org > > -- > > from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> > to: [email protected] > date: Dec 7, 2019, 9:09 PM > subject: Re: [Jbeta] Zippy > > >The http protocol forbids sending the # character in urls to http or > https servers. > > >In html contexts, the # and following characters are used to scroll the > browser to the indicated location on the resulting page. > > >I have not been able to scroll the jsoftware.com home page to the > location of the zippy image. > > Thanks, > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
