Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/06/2011 04:12 PM, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:
> From:	Camaleon<noelamac@gmail.com>
> Date:	Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 +0000 (UTC)
> > Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
>
> In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
> valid html text.  The example you gave in your earlier reply will be fine.
>
> Open "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/#Links"; and you will see three links
> containing "file:*Category2".  Probably the third non-blank line.
> Can you open the second link, file:///~/Category2.html ?  It won't open here.
> But it works if copied to the clipboard and pasted into the URI window.
> Copying and pasting should not be necessary.  It should open with a mouse
> click!
>
> > That is, what piece of code is working on that Native Oberon but fails
> > inside Iceweasel?
>
> The link file:Category2.html works for NO.  With NO not having a
> hierarchical file system it can not open file:///~/Category2.html but
> opens file:Category2.html, no problem.  Analogously, file:///~/Category2.html
> should work for Iceweasel.

Could it be that Native Oberon works differently than Linux + FF do?

By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS?

> OK; I'm more convinced there's a fault in Iceweasel!

Nope.  Just your understanding.

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