Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
But that's not what I meant. What I meant is like in the file system: absolute paths start at the root. So e.g. (imaginary) [[Documentation/UserGuide/GettingStarted/chapter1]] is an absolute path, while relative paths start with the present document's path, so to link to the above Page from

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 30 November 2009 09:26, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: But that's not what I meant. What I meant is like in the file system: absolute paths start at the root. So e.g. (imaginary) [[Documentation/UserGuide/GettingStarted/chapter1]] is an absolute path, while relative paths

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: Are there any gotchas that anyone can think of with using relative links? What about with transcluded content? The User Guides use a lot of transluded pages Where? I only once saw a transcluded content (AFAIR a function reference page

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 30 November 2009 10:48, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Nino Novak wrote: ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: Are there any gotchas that anyone can think of with using relative links? What about with transcluded content? The User Guides use a lot of transluded pages Where? I

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
I still find that people are using the full http path for links within the Wiki... so a link to the next page shows as an external link instead of an internal link. :-( Ok, but is that a big problem? Ultimately it gets the job done, but internal links really should not be linked using

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems - Hamburg Germany
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:00:50 +0100 ccornell - OpenOffice.org ccorn...@openoffice.org wrote: Ultimately it gets the job done, but internal links really should not be linked using external link syntax - that is more of an issue than using absolute over relative internal links. There are not a

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread tnthudfl
@documentation.openoffice.org Subject: Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages Sent: Nov 30, 2009 5:20 AM On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:00:50 +0100 ccornell - OpenOffice.org ccorn...@openoffice.org wrote: Ultimately it gets the job done, but internal links really should

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
Please unsubscribe me from all list thank you I've contacted this user off-list. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
BTW, can somebody with the permission to do so please clear out http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion Esp. the categories should go because the longer they stay, the higher is the risk that they will be used again (although they are redundant). Also,

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
On 11/30/09 11:50, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: BTW, can somebody with the permission to do so please clear out http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion Esp. the categories should go because the longer they stay, the higher is the risk that they

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 30 November 2009 11:20, bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems - Hamburg Germany wrote: Http-Links in the same Wiki are evil and stupid. I just replaced them all :-) (at least those I could find with Search) Most importantly those links do not show up in What links here That's one

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Nino Novak wrote: On Monday 30 November 2009 11:20, bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems - Hamburg Germany wrote: Http-Links in the same Wiki are evil and stupid. I just replaced them all :-) (at least those I could find with Search) mmh, this can be probably done with a wiki bot

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 30 November 2009 13:11, Juergen Schmidt wrote: Nino Novak wrote: On Monday 30 November 2009 11:20, bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems - Hamburg Germany wrote: Http-Links in the same Wiki are evil and stupid. I just replaced them all :-) (at least those I could find

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
Http-Links in the same Wiki are evil and stupid. I just replaced them all :-) (at least those I could find with Search) mmh, this can be probably done with a wiki bot automatically. A bot running all 3 months or so and search for URLs starting with htpp://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki.

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Juergen Schmidt
ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: Http-Links in the same Wiki are evil and stupid. I just replaced them all :-) (at least those I could find with Search) mmh, this can be probably done with a wiki bot automatically. A bot running all 3 months or so and search for URLs starting with

[documentation-dev] Bot Delete Job (was: Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages)

2009-11-30 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 30 November 2009 11:50, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: BTW, can somebody with the permission to do so please clear out http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_sp eedy_deletion Esp. the categories should go because the longer they stay, the higher is the

Re: [documentation-dev] Bot Delete Job (was: Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages)

2009-11-30 Thread bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems - Hamburg Germany
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:42:59 +0100 Nino Novak nn...@openoffice.org wrote: I've just started the WikiBot on this task. It should be cleaned up fairly soon. does the bot check what links here and the page history also? I mean, the present procedure with the Template:Delete does not make

[documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-28 Thread Nino Novak
I just noticed that in many places, Pages as well as Templates, absolute path names were used for links to associated pages. This makes moving and translation more difficult than if relative path names were used. It's not a great thing, but maybe the one or the other didn't even know of the

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-28 Thread Nino Novak
On Saturday 28 November 2009 17:27, T. J. Frazier wrote: Nino Novak wrote: I just noticed that in many places, Pages as well as Templates, absolute path names were used for links to associated pages. This makes moving and translation more difficult than if relative path names were used.

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-28 Thread Nino Novak
On Saturday 28 November 2009 17:51, Nino Novak wrote: On Saturday 28 November 2009 17:27, T. J. Frazier wrote: Nino Novak wrote: I just noticed that in many places, Pages as well as Templates, absolute path names were used for links to associated pages. This makes moving and

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-28 Thread T. J. Frazier
Nino Novak wrote: But that's not what I meant. What I meant is like in the file system: absolute paths start at the root. So e.g. (imaginary) [[Documentation/UserGuide/GettingStarted/chapter1]] is an absolute path, while relative paths start with the present document's path, so to link to