Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Quick Poll]]
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Tue Aug 14 2001 - 14:33:45 CDT
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> Forwarded at John's suggestion
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> Randy Kramer
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> Subject: Quick Poll
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:21:59 -0400
> From: "John L. Clark" <jlc6@po.cwru.edu>
> To: AbiWord Mailing List <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
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> Hey Guys,
>
> Based upon a recently submitted bug, and my own working with this
> section of the code as I've been trying to fix the (x)html image
> exporting problem, I wanted to ask everybody on this list a question.
> Actually, this would probably be more appropriate on the users list, so
> if anyone wants to cross post over there, as well, that would be
> appreciated.
>
> For our (x)html exporter, we currently export individual images into the
> same directory as the exported (x)html file, and then provide a fully
> qualified path to them within the (x)html file. I want to ask whether
> we want to keep it this way or change it such that the exported images
> are referred to by a relative path. I think this way would be more
> portable and flexible.
>
> In the same vein, do we want to create a new directory (I was thinking
> of something along the lines of ${filename}_d) which will hold the image
> files for the document? I was thinking that this would have the
> advantage that if a user wants to move the document around (such as to
> the web server tree), then he or she only has to move the .html file and
> the directory with the images in parallel with one another, and nothing
> breaks. It seems easier to use, to me.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Take care,
>
> John
Hi John,
A reply from the users list: I strongly prefer relative pathnames for
exactly the reason you provide. As to the pictures in a separate
directory: That would not be my sollution, being used to keep everything
together that belongs together. What I could imagine as useful, however,
is creating a subdirectory for the document as a whole (html and pics),
which can than be moved easily to the place wjhere you want it (assuming
that a site is not completely made and maintained with abiword). But
then again, it is all a question of style and preference. Somebody else
will probabaly propose exactly the opposite.
Yours,
Ruben
-- Ruben Konig r.konig@mailbox.kun.nl
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