Re: append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-18 Thread donquixote
On 16 Jun., 15:05, Luke Plant wrote: > On Sunday 14 June 2009 06:12:32 donquixote wrote: > > > Nice (i): > >http://mysite.org/members/emil > >http://mysite.org/members/emil/contact > > > Not nice (ii): > >http://mysite.org/members/emil/ > >http://

Re: append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-17 Thread donquixote
On 17 Jun., 03:14, Graham Dumpleton wrote: > On Jun 17, 10:04 am, donquixote wrote: > > > I would still be interested to read some arguments in favour of the > > trailing slash. From a user perspective, it seems that without is > > better. > > The big issue wi

Re: append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-17 Thread donquixote
I think the multiple slashes are a quite theoretical problem. - The server might remove them anyway - People will know that this is a typo. The only reason why I talked about multiple slashes was for the sake of completeness: If we discuss a remove_slash solution, then why not clean up the comple

Re: append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-16 Thread donquixote
elopers actually use relative urls without a base tag, where they can take advantage of the slash. On Jun 17, 3:14 am, Graham Dumpleton wrote: > On Jun 17, 10:04 am, donquixote wrote: > > > I would still be interested to read some arguments in favour of the > > trailing slash. From a u

Re: append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-16 Thread donquixote
I would still be interested to read some arguments in favour of the trailing slash. From a user perspective, it seems that without is better. But of course, I don't want to take away anyone's APPEND_SLASH setting. For an existing system, I think it's the best to keep the slashes. Pleas

Re: append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-15 Thread donquixote
t not the one in the end! So really, we should be happy about any meaningless symbol we can get rid of! But I think we all agree on that so far. Let's see what comes out! Btw, I'm quite new to django, I was a bit surprised to see this append_slash thing. Otherwise, it looks nice. donqui

append_slash alternative: remove_slash

2009-06-13 Thread donquixote
redirect directive has been triggered, the request will be redirected to the reduced version. - If the original url was "clean", django can now execute the action determined by the dispatcher. I think this will be more useful than the append_slash mechanic.