Two broken links on: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/ch09s04.html

[Matthew East]

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Hi,

* Dean Sas:
>>> Roberto Lopes wrote:
>>>> There's a simple error on the page
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/ch09s04.html
>>>>
>>>> The link "Read Dive Into Python" incorrectly points to
>>>> file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/toc/index.html
>>>> instead of
>>>> http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html
>>>> or perhaps 
>>>> http://diveintopython.org/index.html
>>>> Also, the link "python-gtk-tutorial" does not point to its correct
>>>> URL. It points to 
>>>> file:///usr/share/doc/python-gtk2-tutorial/html/index.html
> the online version is http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The reasoning for these "incorrect" links is that I never considered
> people not using Ubuntu would read the documentation online, so both of
> those links point to files on the local drive rather than their online
> equivalents. I don't know how much of an issue this is...

We might be able to clarify that this link only works for people who are
using Ubuntu... and provide an alternative link to the online version
for those who aren't.

Incidentally, clicking on the link doesn't seem to work in Firefox for
me, but copying and pasting it into a new window works fine.

M
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