happy new year

app/bro.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Usage: from app.bro import DeckBro
 # Created by Luxferre in 2025-2026, released into public domain
 
+import re
 from deck.pager import print_paged
 from deck.input import input, input_multi
 from deck.menu import menu
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ from deck.http import http_fetch, http_set_ua
 from deck.text import DeckText
 
 class DeckBro:
-  def __init__(self, start_url=None):
+  def __init__(self, start_url=''):
     self.history = []
     self.rendered_pages = []
     self.history_pos = 0 # always refers to the current slot
@@ -105,8 +106,19 @@ class DeckBro:
           do_new_display = False
 
   def go(self, url=None, update_history=True):
+    base_url = ''
+    current_url = self.url
+    match = re.search(r'^(https?://[^/]+)', current_url)
+    if match:
+      base_url = match.group(1)
     if url:
-      self.url = url.strip()
+      new_url = url.strip()
+      if current_url != '' and not new_url.lower().startswith('http'):
+        if new_url.startswith('/'):
+          new_url = base_url + new_url
+        else:
+          new_url = current_url + '/' + new_url
+      self.url = re.sub(r'([^:])//+', r'\1/', new_url)
       status, pagetext = http_fetch(self.url)
       if status != 200:
         if pagetext == '':