Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:44:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: Jim Mock <jim@luna.cdrom.com>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18789: [PATCH] bad link in the handbook Message-ID: <20000528234432.B233@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000527165220.B46877@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Sat, May 27, 2000 at 04:52:20PM %2B0000 References: <200005242240.PAA26509@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000525000150.I232@parish> <20000524163256.A460@luna.cdrom.com> <20000525004113.J232@parish> <20000524164945.A717@luna.cdrom.com> <20000527165220.B46877@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 04:52:20PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 04:49:45PM -0700, Jim Mock wrote: > > > No, I just use the URL > > > file:///usr/share/doc/en/books/handbook/index.html in Netscape. > > > > Ah ok, that's why :-) Netscape doesn't like if you leave off the > > index.html when browsing a file directly. > > And so it shouldn't. If you leave a filename off then it shows you the > directory listing. > > S'my cockup. As far as possible our documentation set shouldn't assume > there's a web server running, as (IMHO), that's an unacceptable burden > to place on someone who just wants to browse the documentation locally. > > I see Jim's closed this PR without making a change, so I'll do so. But > for reference, Mark's patch included a whitespace change, Really? Where? I've just looked at the diff in the PR and I can't see it. > which makes > things a little harder for the translation teams, so I haven't included > that part. > Fair enough, it was unintentional > Note that I've no objection to us using additional features that webservers > can provide where necessary, I just don't want to depend on them where we > can avoid it. > > For example, should someone feel like extending the stylesheets so that > > <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ls</><manvolnum>1</></> > > generates > > <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ls">ls(1)</a>; > > in the HTML version that'd be great (hint, hint), as long as the code to > do that is wrapped inside something like > > <![ %use-external-links; [ > ... > ]]> > > or similar (or, better still, was sufficiently modular that people could > plug in their own URLs using some sort of format string, so we could submit > it back to Norm). > > N > -- > Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. > Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, > hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. > Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. > -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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