www http:user-agent

www http:user-agent

[Kevin Ryde]

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I'm not the first to notice this,

        * http.scm (http:user-agent): Use "/" as per rfc1945 sec 3.7.

And to help applications know what to do,

        * doc/guile-www.texi (http): Describe http:user-agent.


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--- http.scm.~1.13.~	2004-01-07 16:58:04.000000000 +1000
+++ http.scm	2004-01-15 11:43:24.000000000 +1000
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 ;;; Variables that affect HTTP usage.
 
 (define-public http:version "HTTP/1.0")  ; bump up to 1.1 when ready
-(define-public http:user-agent "GuileHTTP 0.1")
+(define-public http:user-agent "GuileHTTP/0.1")
 
 ;; An HTTP message is represented by a vector:
 ;;	#(VERSION STATUS-CODE STATUS-TEXT HEADERS BODY)

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--- guile-www.texi.~1.3.~	2002-04-27 11:51:57.000000000 +1000
+++ guile-www.texi	2004-01-15 11:24:10.000000000 +1000
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@
 
 @end titlepage
 
+@c  @nicode{S} is plain S in info, or @code{S} elsewhere.  This can be
+@c  used when the quotes that @code{} gives in info aren't wanted, but
+@c  the fontification in tex or html is wanted.
+@ifinfo
+@macro nicode {S}
+\S\
+@end macro
+@end ifinfo
+@ifnotinfo
+@macro nicode {S}
+@code{\S\}
+@end macro
+@end ifnotinfo
+
 @c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 @node Top
 @top  Guile-WWW
@@ -127,6 +141,14 @@
    (http:request method url . args)
 @end example
 
+@defvar http:user-agent
+A string @nicode{"GuileHTTP/0.1"} indicating the version of Guile-WWW
+in use.  An application can add this to its own version indication
+when constructing a User-Agent header.  See RFC 1945 sections 3.7 and
+10.15 for details.
+@end defvar
+
+
 @c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 @node    url
 @chapter url

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