[7656] in SIPB bug reports
Two bugs make good code in the end, unless a third ruins it again.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul R Ojanen)
Tue Oct 10 00:26:31 2000
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From: Paul R Ojanen <pro@MIT.EDU>
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Hello sipb debuggers,
Here's some easy ones, and I've already found the solutions, I think. These
bugs involve three little typos in the html for an EXMH Guide being served from
a sipb directory. The bugs make the document annoying to read. These bugs may
not hold much priority for you, but they seem like they ought to be very quick
to fix.
If you don't mind, please send me a message when/if someone fixes the bugs.
Thanks,
Paul
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Go to file:/mit/sipb/share/exmh-2.1.1/html/guide.html
Go to the "Filtering Mail" section
Go to the "Incorporating Mail" subsection
Look at the "multidrop" paragraph:
Notice that the text font is screwed up a bit at the end of the paragraph
This is because the page source for this section reads: (bug 1)
"...
folders with your <code>~/.xmhcheck</code. file.
<button -command "Inc">Inc</button> moves messages
..."
Notice that the ending tag for the code is missing a '>'. A '>' needs to be
inserted between the 'e' and the '.' from the above quote. This bug screws up
text up until the end of the "NNTP NEWS" section, where another bug actually
corrects the problem.
The last line of html for the "NNTP News" section reads: (bug 2)
"...
<code>mhook</code> or </code>slocal</code> man page.
..."
The second set of code tags is actually made up of two ending "</code>" tags.
This ends up fixing the text following this set. Looks like two wrongs can
make a right. The third tag from the above quote should be "<code>".
Unfortunately, halfway through the "Faces" section, a third bug ruins the
remainder of the html document.
Go to the "Faces" section.
Go to the "Facesaver Database" subsection.
Look at the second paragraph.
Notice that the text is again screwed up because of an error in code tags.
Similarly to the first bug, this one involves an incorrect ending tag. Here is
a chunk of html from the noted paragraph: (bug 3)
"...
path. The complete pathname might be
<code>/usr/local/faces/parc/com/xerox/parc/welch/face.xbm<code>. If a
bitmap is not found, then the search algorithm trims off trailing
..."
The second tag just needs to be "</code>".
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Again, thanks, and now I'll get back to finally setting up some mail filters.
