Not quite - A fully qualified URL is formatted like:
procotol://hostname:port/path
The hostname is immediately follows // and is terminated by the next
element.  This allows the : to unambiguous, even if the optional elements
are left out.

        Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:27 AM
> To: 'Tomcat Users List'
> Subject: RE: Why "localhost:8080" NOT expanded to
> "http://localhost:8080";
> 
> 
> 
> This is not surprising really. In most URI addresses the 
> protocol (http, ftp
> etc) is the part before the colon. If you leave 'http:' out 
> of a URI with a
> colon in it, the part before the colon becomes the protocol, 
> in this case
> 'localhost'.
> 
> ChrisC
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Stiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:30 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Why "localhost:8080" NOT expanded to 
> "http://localhost:8080";
> > 
> > 
> > After having started Tomcat 4.0.2 I entered
> > the URL 
> > localhost:8080 
> > into my browsers URL entryfield.
> > Surprisingly it is not automatically expanded to
> > http://localhost:8080
> > but gave an error (page not found)
> > 
> > With other URLs in the outside internet world(when I am 
> > connected through my providers connection) it works fine.
> > 
> > Which option do I have to change to get an auto-complete?
> > 
> > Thx Thomas
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