Description

FileLinks describes why we since some time can't use the file: schema on a wiki page. We have it still defined as valid url_schemas. Also we have an example which is not useful in HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax.

Steps to reproduce

This did not link to that file

link to filename.txt

It creates a link as expected, I do not see a moin bug here.

Moin's html output:

<a class="file" href="file://///server/share/filename%20with%20spaces.txt">link to filename.txt</a>

Component selection

• config

Details

this wiki

Workaround

Disable the security check of your browser.

Discussion

We should remove it completly -- ReimarBauer 2011-08-24 20:45:59

• No, we do not remove that. If it does not work, it is not a moin problem, but a browser / browser configuration problem. This is no different than with a lot of other schemas we support for urls: your browser needs to be correctly configured to handle them.
  • Our documentation shows an example which on default did not work.

Give a hint in the HelpSyntax, otherwise starters could not understand the problem.

Please read the discussion on FileLinks. If this schema is not supported by browsers we should remove it.

• No, we do not remove it from the moin code. We also support e.g. ssh: and many other protocols and they also likely do not work "out of the box" for most browsers, but need appropriate browser configuration by the user.

Plan

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• Status: this bug report is pretty much invalid as moin is doing nothing wrong here.

CategoryMoinMoinNoBug