--- dillo.orig/src/interface.c  Sat Sep  9 21:08:36 2000
+++ dillo.my/src/interface.c    Mon Oct 16 03:06:12 2000
@@ -654,7 +656,7 @@ Interface_openfile_ok_callback(GtkWidget
  */
 void a_Interface_entry_open_url(GtkWidget *widget, BrowserWindow *bw)
 {
-   gchar *url;
+   gchar *url, *BaseUrl;
    GtkEntry *entry;
 
    /* Find which entry to get the URL from. This is a bit of a hack. */
@@ -666,7 +668,13 @@ void a_Interface_entry_open_url(GtkWidge
 #ifdef VERBOSE
    g_print("entry_open_url %s\n", gtk_entry_get_text(entry));
 #endif
-   url = a_Url_resolve_relative("http:/", gtk_entry_get_text(entry));
+   if ( (gtk_entry_get_text(entry))[0] == '/') /* if the first char is a slash, */
+      BaseUrl = "file:";                       /* the user wants a file.        */
+   else
+      BaseUrl = "http:/";
+
+   url = a_Url_resolve_relative(BaseUrl, gtk_entry_get_text(entry));
+
    if ( url ) {
       a_Nav_push(bw, url);
       g_free(url);