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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41885 ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-03-19 20:53 ------- (In reply to comment #4) > Type-maps do indeed work as documented. You are *not* supposed to be combining > type-maps with MultiViews -- they are alternatives (they docs say "This is > done > in one of two ways", not "use both of these"). Yes, I'm not supposed to do so. I don't know that I have to do so in order to get the documented example working after several days of trying. Please understand that I classify this as a "bug in the documentation". Since I have looked into the code, I do understand its logic. The last sentence in the second paragraph under the heading "Using a type-map file" says: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41885#add_comment "This file would be named foo.var, as it describes a resource named foo." In an earlier paragraph "About Content Negotiation", the first sentence of the last paragraph: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html#about "A resource is a conceptual entity identified by a URI (RFC 2396)." As for "a resource named foo", what's wrong if I request for foo? Am I supposed to request "foo.var" for "a resource named foo"? Also, the second paragraph under "Using a type-map file": "It is conventional to begin a map file with an entry for the combined entity as a whole (although this is not required, and if present will be ignored)." I suppose this means the first line "URI: foo" in the example. So I request the "combined entity", the "foo". What's wrong with this anyway? If there is no such combined entity "foo", why does it say so? If foo.var is describing a resource named foo.var, shouldn't it be documented this way? > If you have > AddHandler type-map .var > then you need to request the file including the .var extension. Check > conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf to see how it is done (where .html is designated > as > being a type-map). Actually, it is the first thing I checked, even before I read the documentation, in order to get our local documentation copy working. > But it seems there is some code trying to handle that case, so I'll leave this > bug report open in case anyone is interested in trying to make it work more > predictably. Please fix this in the documentation. I would not like to see another one wasting so much time on this. -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
