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

[Dean Sas]

Matthew East wrote:
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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.

Sounds like an idea, I don't know when I'll have time to do this though. 
  So if anyone else has time :)

> 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.
> 

I've just tested that and it happens to me too, but only when I'm 
looking at the docs online, if I download the page and open it up it 
works fine. Weird.

Dean