On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:

>
>
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
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>>      Why do you want a link to the current page?
>>
>>      Remove the<A>  tags and style it differently.
>
> Whilst I cannot answer for the original enquirer, the most
> common reasons for wanting to link to the current page are :
>
> For consistency (all pages have a consistent set of links)

    I like the consistency of all links leading away from the current
    page. Links to the current page can be confusing.

> Because a Library file, SSI or similar is used to insert
> a fixed set of link.

    When I want to use the same file fro links on many pages, I use SSI
    to run a script that removes the link to the current page.

> In neither case can your suggestion be followed as-is.


-- 
    Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>
    Author:
    Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
    Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
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