[vbox-dev] online manual gone?

Perry Halbert phalbert at cox.net
Tue Oct 17 19:36:16 GMT 2017


It happens.  I just noticed and well.... the rest is now history ;-)

Thanks,
Perry


On 10/17/2017 02:20 PM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote:
> sorry about the goof... UserManual.html used (and now is again) a 
> symlink to index.html, so both give the same result. Unintended 
> excessive cleanup.
>
> Klaus
>
> On 17.10.2017 18:22, Perry Halbert wrote:
>> Not to mention all of the dead links that will be left behind in the 
>> forums if not re-directed.
>>
>> Perry
>>
>> On 10/17/2017 10:52 AM, Kalogrianitis Socratis wrote:
>>> Found it, (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation) 
>>> in the section that says:
>>>
>>>> User manual
>>>> "For up-to-date details, especially on current operating system 
>>>> support and software requirements, please take a look at the 
>>>> current User Manual (online here)."
>>> That "online here" part needs to be changed. Also in the 
>>> "Documentation" section 
>>> (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation), and in the FAQ 
>>> section (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ), and I suspect in 
>>> other places as well.
>>>
>>> So it might actually make sense to create a "manual/UserManual.html" 
>>> link that simply points to "manual/". Mainly for backwards 
>>> compatibility...
>>>
>>> Socratis
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17/Οκτ/2017, at 18:43, Perry Halbert<phalbert at cox.net>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Humm,
>>>>
>>>> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html  copied directly 
>>>> from the end-user docs section of documentation on main web page 
>>>> and what I have had stored for ever.
>>>>
>>>> I can change what I use but it might be worth changing the web link 
>>>> since it no longer exists.
>>>> Perry
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