In <mailman.10231.1400789042.18130.python-l...@python.org> Ian Kelly
<ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> writes:
> > My web browser works just fine with links such as this:
> >
> > <a href="file:///C:/Users/gordonj/Documents/foo.html">foo.html</a>
> It works if the document that contains the link is also opened from
> the local filesystem, but browsers will refuse to follow the link if
> it was served over http.
Aha! I didn't know that. Now that I think about it, I suppose it makes
sense.
Perhaps the OP could write a separate application for handling local
files, something like:
<a href="process_local_bookmark.cgi?filename=/dir/foo.html">
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