Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-24 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-10-14T18:04:47+0200, Thérèse Godefroy wrote: > I added a RedirectMatch directive similar to the one above to the > site-wide .htaccess. Now the html_node URLs work. Thanks, Thérèse. I'm afraid I may need still more help. I'm trying to .htaccess some spot fixes for known stale URLs on the

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-14 Thread Thérèse Godefroy
Le 06/10/2023 à 23:14, G. Branden Robinson a écrit : [...] At 2023-10-06T10:31:55+0200, Thérèse Godefroy wrote: There are other ways to redirect the html_node directory without any help from sysadmins or webmasters. * Create an .htaccess file, for example in the manual directory: Redirect

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-06 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Gavin, Ingo, Dave, and Thérèse, Thanks to all of you for your feedback, patience, and advice. At 2023-09-30T20:10:01+0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 01:15:09PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > As for why I chose the name I did, that was simply an ab initio > > s

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-06 Thread Thérèse Godefroy
Le 02/10/2023 à 21:37, Gavin Smith a écrit : On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 06:53:30PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: So while changing the name of the directory back to html_node will fix some broken link problems, it won't fix them all, and it won't be robust in the face of future development. I'

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-05 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 06:53:30PM -0500: > So while changing the name of the directory back to html_node will fix > some broken link problems, it won't fix them all, and it won't be robust > in the face of future development. I'm fairly neutral on the > "ht

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-02 Thread Dave Kemper
On 9/30/23, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I've been working for a while on paring the groff Texinfo manual's scope [...] > though I think I want to retain > the comprehensive survey of ms, in a reversal from my thoughts in 2021. What caused the reversal? It's long seemed weird to me to treat ms d

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-02 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 06:53:30PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > So while changing the name of the directory back to html_node will fix > some broken link problems, it won't fix them all, and it won't be robust > in the face of future development. I'm fairly neutral on the > "html_node" vs.

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-01 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[self-follow-up] At 2023-09-30T15:59:13-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I concede that having a working "/html_node/" URL by hook or by crook > (or by symlink) is probably a good idea given the list of URLs linking > to it that you presented above. I find I have a problem with this after all,

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-10-01 Thread Ingo Schwarze
[dropping the external Cc:s to avoid boring uninvolved parties] Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 03:59:13PM -0500: > At 2023-09-30T22:07:44+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1189607/FULLTEXT01.pdf > This link was of particula

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-09-30 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Ingo, At 2023-09-30T22:07:44+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Now that i see this bumpy ride explained at length, i realize the > link on this overview page of mine is currently broken, too: > > https://mandoc.bsd.lv/links.html > > First paragraph, first line, second link ("manual"). > Rather p

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-09-30 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi, Gavin Smith wrote on Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 08:10:01PM +0100: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 01:15:09PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> 4. "They might have changed this by mistake." >> >> Sort of. I find the "html_node" name uglier, but if there's popular >> demand to switch it (back

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-09-30 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 01:15:09PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At the time I wrote that, I was unaware that "html_node", spelled > thus, was a solidified and inflexible convention of GNU > documentation. (Where is this documented?) We resolved the problem > for ourselves,

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-09-30 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Gavin & Thérèse, At 2023-09-30T16:22:32+0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 12:44:31PM +0200, Thérèse Godefroy wrote: > > Hello Gavin, > > > > The new URL of the node version is > > https://gnu.org/s/groff/manual/groff.html.node/ > > And there is a mono version. > > > > A patch

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-09-30 Thread Thérèse Godefroy
Le 30/09/2023 à 17:22, Gavin Smith a écrit : On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 12:44:31PM +0200, Thérèse Godefroy wrote: Hello Gavin, The new URL of the node version is https://gnu.org/s/groff/manual/groff.html.node/ And there is a mono version. A patch is attached. Best, Thérèse Do you know why they

Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

2023-09-30 Thread Gavin Smith
On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 12:44:31PM +0200, Thérèse Godefroy wrote: > Hello Gavin, > > The new URL of the node version is > https://gnu.org/s/groff/manual/groff.html.node/ > And there is a mono version. > > A patch is attached. > > Best, > Thérèse Do you know why they made this change? They have