Closed
Bug 203675
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
File URL documentation
Categories
(Documentation Graveyard :: Help Viewer, defect)
Documentation Graveyard
Help Viewer
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WONTFIX
mozilla1.7alpha
People
(Reporter: benc, Assigned: benc)
Details
I have found it necessary to write some minimal technical documentation, partly for QA purposes, preventing bugs, explaining larger issues. It might be time, based on the number of comments in bug 66194 to write something about the general behavior of the file: URL protocol handler, and how file URLs address the variety of local filespaces they see. GROUND RULES: The goal is deciding what should be documented. Bugs need to be filed agasint the Networking:File component (there are no developers here).
Comment 1•21 years ago
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I think we should open up new bugs as tracking bugs documenting certain features, explaining some decisions. Do not use old, cluttered bugs for that, the information gets lost in the comments. If necessary make references to the documentation bug in other bugs.
Comment 2•21 years ago
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Ben, I am not familiar with file URL, but if you can draw up a list of issues that the doc should cover, bug links, and hints to where in the source code the information may be buried, I may be able to hack a draft to get this bug going (of course, if someone more knowledgeable than I am want to volunteer, all the better). The draft will be LXR-oriented so the person can take over quickly. related interface? nsILocalFile (is there a relative file interface?), nsIFileSpec
andreas: Agreed, in this case however, the result would be a me taking a list of suggested bugs, and writing a document for mozilla.org (this is not a bug that claims it is documentation). Here's a list of bugs I think would be good material. 13607 "file:///" shows blank page instead of root (Mach-O & Win) 47009 file: no read permissions should error 65152 "file://" -> "file:///" 70871 file://hostname/dir/dir/filename - hostname not implemented 102603 file: "?query" is ignored, rather than treated as part of filename 122022 [ISSUE] file:// URLs in a http | https page do not work (clicking does nothing, do not auto-load, etc.) [dupe to bug 84128] 143021 Local files w/ relative file URLs need to have a drive letter. 197283 Mozilla 1.3f (Mach-O) breaks previous (CFM ) created file: URLs (esp. in bookmarks) I had tried to document this before, and found the draft was kind of unreadable, but I think I can do a better job of explaining now.
Comment 4•21 years ago
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Moving all of rudman's bugs to me, the new owner of Doc: User.
Assignee: rudman → rlk
QA Contact: rudman → stolenclover
Comment 5•21 years ago
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Ben, how're you doing lately? Do you wanna take this bug? Maybe post your draft so we can post suggestions?
Still on my todo list, but unlikely to have draft until Feb. DNS has become a higher priority for now.
Assignee: rlk → benc
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.7alpha
Comment 7•10 years ago
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This bug has been buried in the graveyard and has not been updated in over 10 years. It is probably safe to assume that it will never be fixed, so resolving as WONTFIX.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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