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(sent from a mobile device - please excuse brevity and typos)
----- stephan beal
http://wanderinghorse.net
On Jan 15, 2013 9:16 PM, "Chris Peachment" <ch...@ononbb.com> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have started using the markdown feature for embedded documentation
> files. I'm using Fossil from trunk, version [9d657c3be5] 2013-01-15,
> compiled myself on the two machines of interest to me. My local
> machine is running Debian 7 on x86 32 bit and the remote server is
> running a modified version of CentOs 5 on x86 64 bit.
>
> The compile instructions on both machines are:
>
>   ./configure --markdown
>   make
>
> The Admin-Settings-markdown flag is set ON for both the local and
> remote repositories.
>
> The local repository is accessed using the command line instruction:
>
>   fossil ui
>
> The remote repository is accessed via the browser with a url of the
> form:
>
>   http://www.host.com/site/library.cgi/repo-name
>
> where library.cgi uses the documented script method of invoking
> Fossil:
>
>   #!/path-to/fossil
>   directory: /path-to-repo/fossils
>   notfound: http://url-to-go-to-if-repo-not-found/
>
> The 'site' sub-directory in the remote url should not impact on the
> problem here.
>
> The repository home page consists of a few lines of text and a
> number of links to other embedded documentation pages.
>
> I have two versions of the home page:
>
> 1. index.wiki with links of the form [/doc/tip/overview.mkd | Overview]
>
> 2. index.mkd with links of the form [Overview](/doc/tip/overview.mkd)
>
> By changing the Admin-Configuration-Index Page string, I can choose
> the active version of the home page.
>
> The wiki version of the home page operates correctly with the links
> transformed to include the correct url on both local and remote
> machines.
>
> The markdown version operates correctly on the local machine where
> the links use the pattern:
>
>   http://localhost:8080/doc/tip/overview.mkd
>
> However, markdown version on the remote machine has an incomplete
> link:
>
>   http://www/host.com/doc/tip/overview.mkd
>
> when it should be:
>
>   http://www/host.com/site/library.cgi/doc/tip/overview.mkd
>
> As a result, the desired page is not found when the link is clicked.
> If I enter the correct url into the browser address bar then the
> page is displayed as expected.
>
> Since the embedded documentation pages are written on my local
> machine and then committed to the repository, with subsequent sync
> to the remote machine, the identical markdown link urls should
> operate correctly in both situations. It does not make sense to
> include an absolute path url for the remote repository access.
>
> Is there any configuration change I can make to overcome this
> problem, or am I detecting a weakness in the markdown interface
> for Fossil?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Peachment
>
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