Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 17:58:45 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Links within the Handbook Message-ID: <20020511165845.GB1231@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200205071654.g47GsjtE018079@intruder.bmah.org> References: <20020507161357.GA15017@submonkey.net> <20020507164915.GA55559@submonkey.net> <200205071654.g47GsjtE018079@intruder.bmah.org>
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On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 09:54:45AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > 1) Make symlinks for all the books and articles like we do now for the > > FAQ and handbook (this really sucks); > > > > 2) Get wosch to redirect /FAQ and /handbook in httpd.conf instead of using > > symlinks, and expect everyone running a mirror to do the same (wooh, that > > bites); > > > > 3) Change all of these ulinks so that they're absolute and not relative, > > and then head back into doc/en_US..., and expect translators to fix > > this themselves when they do a translation (ouch). > > > > I think 3 is the closest to what we'll eventually need to do, but all three > > suck in different ways. > > In addition, #3 is the only one that isn't broken for printed output. I > have this dim recollection of someone spending cycles on the "relative > URLs vs. printed output" problem before, but I am not sure what > happened. Call me stupid, but how do ulinks affect printed output (I assume you mean PDF) ? Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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