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bug #47835: Wrong link to the online documentation in GUI menu

Submitted by:  Sergey Astakhov <sergeyastakhov>
Submitted on:  Tue 03 May 2016 11:47:02 AM UTC  
 
Category: DocumentationSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 4.0.2Operating System: Any

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Tue 03 May 2016 06:27:16 PM UTC, comment #7:

The octave.css wasn't working, I made a few more .htaccess changes on top of yours and I think it's working better now.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 06:22:32 PM UTC, comment #6:

It only took me about 5 attempts to get the rewrite rule correct, but yes, I think it is working now.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 05:30:03 PM UTC, comment #5:

Yeah, before I had a chance to "apt install cvs" jwe already beat me to it, so this is fixed now for all old versions of Octave.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 04:48:10 PM UTC, comment #4:

@Mike: It's reasonable to fix this bug in two different ways so that it doesn't recur. I don't do much with the website code since it uses CVS. Can you update it, or ask jwe to do it?

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 04:44:25 PM UTC, comment #3:

I think it would be very helpful for people with older versions of Octave, and probably not hard to do, to update .htaccess on the web server to allow "interpreter" to work without the trailing slash.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 04:42:20 PM UTC, comment #2:

Confirmed. I think it is because an ordinary browser will default to opening index.html if the bare URL does not name a file. Apparently the Qt Browser Widget needs an exact filename.

I made that change on the stable branch here (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/7cb63f3994b0). This will be a part of the 4.0.3 bug fix release.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 04:24:37 PM UTC, comment #1:

Confirmed. We should see if we can tweak the web server aliases so this URL works without the trailing slash.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 May 2016 11:47:02 AM UTC, original submission:

When you select a menu item in a GUI for the online documentation, the browser opens link http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter which caused error 404 (not found).

Sergey Astakhov <sergeyastakhov>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 03 May 2016 04:42:20 PM UTCrik5CategoryOctave website=>Documentation
      Item GroupIncorrect Result=>None
      StatusConfirmed=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      Releaseother=>4.0.2
      Summaryonline documentation URL without trailing slash fails to resolve=>Wrong link to the online documentation in GUI menu
      Carbon-Copy-=>Added jwe
    Tue 03 May 2016 04:24:37 PM UTCmtmillerCategoryDocumentation=>Octave website
      Item GroupNone=>Incorrect Result
      StatusNone=>Confirmed
      Release4.0.2=>other
      Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows=>Any
      SummaryWrong link to the online documentation in GUI menu=>online documentation URL without trailing slash fails to resolve

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