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Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project
Date 2014-05-22 20:38 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <mailman.10231.1400789042.18130.python-list@python.org> Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@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">

-- 
John Gordon         Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to
gordon@panix.com    watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'.

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Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2014-05-22 11:54 -0700
  Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-05-22 19:28 +0000
    Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-05-22 13:55 -0600
      Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-05-22 20:38 +0000
  Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-05-22 14:49 -0500
    Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 01:07 -0600
    Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 22:03 -0700
  Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-22 14:28 -0700
    Re: Advice for choosing correct architecture/tech for a hobby project Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 22:07 -0700

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