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Subject:	Re: Linking between FAQ items (Was: [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.faq
Date:	Fri, 14 May 1999 20:28:43 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes: > Sproaticus wrote: > > We need to be able to solve this without using duplicate files. > > Plus, this action would break if the FAQ were slurped into one big file. > > Okay, I got it. > > From my end, I can guarantee that all FAQ items (1) have unique file names. > This is the key thing, to be able to find a specific file by its name, in > any subdirectory. If you make the filenames themselves unique, you'll end up in the long run encoding bastardized forms of the directory names into the filenames in order to keep the namespaces clean. No way to avoid that. :-( --Todd

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		Re: Linking between FAQ items (Was: [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?)
(...) An alternative is to refer to the directory and the file specifically, leaving the slurper script to figure out if it should resolve the address or not (1). The drawback to this is, is that the author who wishes to link to another items has (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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		Re: Linking between FAQ items (Was: [LDraw FAQ] Who wrote LDraw?)
(...) Okay, I got it. From my end, I can guarantee that all FAQ items (1) have unique file names. This is the key thing, to be able to find a specific file by its name, in any subdirectory. So, to make a HREF to "#whatsitz" in file "flarn.en.html" (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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