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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the enu
I was asking for the filesystem path in the host,
I guess it will be easy to find, I just need a spare moment.
Cheers,
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irc: ajo / mangelajo
Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
+34 636 52 25 69
skype: ajoajoajo
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Melroy van den Berg <
webmaster1989@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Miguel,
>
> In my previous e-mail I already gave an example of the artifacts location
> (it's in the name):
>
> http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/any-kicad-doc-head/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/src/
>
> Kind regards,
> Melroy van den Berg
> IRC: melroy / danger89
> +31630061709
> Skype: melroy.van.den.berg
>
>
> 2015-05-27 15:01 GMT+02:00 Miguel Angel <miguelangel@xxxxxx>:
>
>> Ahh, nice, what's the location of the artifacts now?, I still didn't have
>> a moment to check it, but I plan to sort it out before the end of the week.
>>
>> ---
>> irc: ajo / mangelajo
>> Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
>> +34 636 52 25 69
>> skype: ajoajoajo
>>
>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Be ware it should point to the artifacts place and not the worspace
>>> itself. (Also much faster than retriving from the workspace, since it is
>>> stored on the master)
>>> Den 27/05/2015 10.27 skrev "Miguel Ángel Ajo" <majopela@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>>> Sure, I can do it now that I’m back and “operational” after jet lag
>>>> recovery ;).
>>>>
>>>> I need to point a virtual http server to the jenkins workspace, and set
>>>> a redirection.
>>>> .htaccess doesn’t apply here since I’m not using apache, but the
>>>> equivalent in
>>>> cherokee may be rather simple.
>>>>
>>>> I’ll ping back on this thread when it’s ready during this week.
>>>>
>>>> Miguel Ángel Ajo
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, 27 de May de 2015 at 10:20, Melroy van den Berg wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo,
>>>>
>>>> Would you like to create a *new sub-domain*:
>>>> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org
>>>>
>>>> I understood that you're the only appropriate person for this.
>>>>
>>>> This link should refer (without URL changes, eg .htaccess or DNS) to
>>>> the content of the latest build of Jenkins. At that moment the Getting
>>>> Started URL will be:
>>>> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/Getting_Started_in_KiCad.html
>>>>
>>>> Then my patch will get accepted.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Melroy van den Berg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2015-05-18 20:52 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>> 2015-05-18 18:59 GMT+02:00 Melroy van den Berg <webmaster1989@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> >:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > It's a good idea to setup an URL like: http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/.
>>>> > I don't know who has webserver / DNS access besides ajo? .htacess is
>>>> not
>>>> > that hard.
>>>> >
>>>> > You can either use the base_name directly. Or change other parts in
>>>> the
>>>> > code, so I can use for example:
>>>> > event.GetId() == wxID_BLAH or event.GetMenuItem() == wxMenuItem_BLAH.
>>>> Then
>>>> > you can still use a switch without hashmap.
>>>> >
>>>> > Well it's about how complicated you want the code, for opening the
>>>> online
>>>> > docs.
>>>>
>>>> I simply want to avoid any switch case, by using the base_name directly
>>>> as:
>>>> helpFile = wxString::Format( "https://docs.kicad-pcb.org/%s",
>>>> GetChars( base_name ));
>>>>
>>>> > Kind regards,
>>>> > Melroy van den Berg
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > 2015-05-18 18:40 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 2015-05-18 18:35 GMT+02:00 Melroy van den Berg <
>>>> webmaster1989@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> >> > Hi Nick and Blair,
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > @Nick
>>>> >> > I choose for a separate wxString to explicitly make a difference
>>>> between
>>>> >> > a
>>>> >> > local file & online URL. However, yes you can merge them together
>>>> using
>>>> >> > 1
>>>> >> > xwString.
>>>> >> > If you want, you can change it to your own taste
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > @Blair
>>>> >> > Thanks for your reply. The first remark I agree, but the current
>>>> >> > documentation also lacks behind, so it already doesn't match the
>>>> current
>>>> >> > installed KiCad version ;)
>>>> >> > About the second remark, this you can easily solve in the code.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > But for now, my patch only ensures that it opens the online
>>>> >> > documentation
>>>> >> > when no doc-package is installed or can be found.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> In my minds it would not be that great to include the patch as is.
>>>> >> Firstly it uses the Jenkins URL directly, which is likely subject to
>>>> >> change when we get the cmake stuff included with the docs.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What I would like to see is that we get some more generic and nicer
>>>> >> url redirects setup, such as http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/pcbnew. Ajo
>>>> >> has expressed his support on IRC, but is busy at the moment.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> By doing this we could get away of the hashmap stuff and just use the
>>>> >> base_name directly to construct the url. I would like other peoples
>>>> >> opinion on this approach.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> > Hopefully this patch will get delivered soon :)!
>>>> >> > Thx.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Kind regards,
>>>> >> > Melroy van den Berg
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > 2015-05-18 7:31 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> 2015-05-18 0:44 GMT+02:00 Melroy van den Berg
>>>> >> >> <webmaster1989@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> >> >> > Hi devs,
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > I created a patch which opens the online documentation page in
>>>> the
>>>> >> >> > web-browser, only when the local help file could not be found.
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > This way the user don't get the pop-up message: 'PDF could not
>>>> be
>>>> >> >> > found'.
>>>> >> >> > Instead they can read the latest successfully build
>>>> documentation
>>>> >> >> > online
>>>> >> >> > :).
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > Off-topic:
>>>> >> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >> It would be nice if online documentation becomes the default.
>>>> >> >> >> This way the users always read the latest version of the
>>>> >> >> >> documentation.
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > See attachment for the patch.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Why do you do the:
>>>> >> >> if( !helpFile )
>>>> >> >> {
>>>> >> >> ... helpURL = ...
>>>> >> >> }
>>>> >> >> else
>>>> >> >> {
>>>> >> >> GetAssociatedDocument( this, helpFile );
>>>> >> >> if(!helpURL.IsEmpty())
>>>> >> >> {
>>>> >> >> GetAssociatedDocument( this, helpURL );
>>>> >> >> }
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Why not just
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> if( !helpFile )
>>>> >> >> {
>>>> >> >> ...
>>>> >> >> helpFile = ...
>>>> >> >> }
>>>> >> >> GetAssociatedDocument( this, helpFile );
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> By that it will just set the helpFile if the helpfile was not
>>>> found.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> > Thanks in advance!
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> > Kind regards,
>>>> >> >> > Melroy van den Berg
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
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>
> --
> Met vriendelijk groeten,
> Melroy van den Berg
>
References
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[PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Melroy van den Berg, 2015-05-17
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Nick Østergaard, 2015-05-18
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Melroy van den Berg, 2015-05-18
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Nick Østergaard, 2015-05-18
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Melroy van den Berg, 2015-05-18
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Nick Østergaard, 2015-05-18
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the menu
From: Melroy van den Berg, 2015-05-27
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the enu
From: Miguel Ángel Ajo, 2015-05-27
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the enu
From: Nick Østergaard, 2015-05-27
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the enu
From: Miguel Angel, 2015-05-27
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Re: [PATCH] Add online documenation URL to the enu
From: Melroy van den Berg, 2015-05-27