Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 05:11:55PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> Ken Moffat wrote: >>>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:33:10AM +1000, Wayne Blaszczyk wrote: >>>>> What is with the broken download links on the >>>>> mobile-broadband-provider-info page? >>>>> Wayne. >>>> From memory, Bruce didn't like the long directory names with the >>>> long filename. I didn't realise his 'fix' had broken copy and >>>> paste from a browser. >>> The filename does not fit on the page. Copy/paste should not be a >>> problem if you do two: >>> >>> SOURCE="ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/mobile-broadband-provider-info/20110511/" >>> >>> >>> wget http://$SOURCE/mobile-broadband-provider-info-20110511.tar.bz2 >>> >> I try not to force people to use a shell and wget. Sure, it's >> handy on occasion, but mostly I prefer to click in firefox and, >> equally importantly, to paste just the first part of the url if I'm >> looking for updates. >> >> Wayne's original book (earlier version of the package) wraps the >> line in firefox but works fine, as did what I originally put in the >> book [ not tested for a PDF of the book, but I have no interest in >> those ]. > > I'm fixing it. Will commit as soon as I can check how it renders.
Fixed at revision 9897. Links work but it's slightly non-standard. Cut/paste will still require two operations, but it fits in the normal page width. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
