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## Get the prefix to use from the <code>browser.fixup.alternate.prefix</code> preference; default is "www.". Some locales set this preference. | ## Get the prefix to use from the <code>browser.fixup.alternate.prefix</code> preference; default is "www.". Some locales set this preference. | ||
## Get the suffix to use from the <code>browser.fixup.alternate.suffix</code> preference; default is ".com". Some locales set this preference. | ## Get the suffix to use from the <code>browser.fixup.alternate.suffix</code> preference; default is ".com". Some locales set this preference. | ||
## If the hostname includes no '.' characters, prepend the prefix and append the suffix. Else if it has a single '.' and the part ending on the '.' is equal to our prefix, append the suffix. Else if it has a single '.' and tour suffix is nonempty prepend the prefix. For the default pref values, this means the <tt>foo</tt> will become <tt>www.foo.com</tt>, as will <tt>foo.com</tt> and <tt>www.foo</tt>. <tt>foo.org</tt> will become <tt>www.foo.org</tt>. <tt>web.foo</tt> and <tt>x.y.foo</tt> won't be changed. | ## If the hostname includes no '.' characters, prepend the prefix and append the suffix. Else if it has a single '.' and the part ending on the '.' is equal to our prefix, append the suffix. Else if it has a single '.' and tour suffix is nonempty prepend the prefix. For the default pref values, this means the <tt>"foo"</tt> will become <tt>"www.foo.com"</tt>, as will <tt>"foo.com"</tt> and <tt>"www.foo"</tt>. Similarly, <tt>"foo.org"</tt> will become <tt>"www.foo.org"</tt>. On the other hand, <tt>"web.foo"</tt> and <tt>"x.y.foo"</tt> won't be changed. | ||
# If either of the two steps above produced a URI different from the URI whose load failed, load that new URI. | # If either of the two steps above produced a URI different from the URI whose load failed, load that new URI. | ||