Re: [NTLK] Apple's TIL retired

From: J. van de Griek (gyorpb_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Aug 07 2001 - 14:39:40 EDT


On 2001-08-07 20:30, "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_home.com> wrote:

>
> on or about 8/7/01 2:10 PM, the following may or may not have been typed by
> Victor Rehorst at victor_at_newtontalk.net:
>
>>>> Honestly, with the static URL based TIL you'd just make a link on your
>>>> website that points EXACTLY at the "nxxxxx" article that answers that
>>>> specific question.
>>
>> Uhm, I don't know what you guys are talking about, but this still works
>> (for me at least). I go to http://karchive.info.apple.com. I search for
>> 'newton'. I get a list of results. I click on the first link, which is:
>>
>> http://karchive.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=n12784
>>
>> How is this not static?
>>
>
> So, does that mean the "formula" is to simply substitute 'karchive' for
> 'til' at the beginning of the URL? I.e., are the article numbers really all
> the same? (I'd expect them to be, I mean why would you go back and change
> them?)

Judging by what I tested so far, yes. You need to substitute part of the
URL, but the article numbers are the same.

So it looks like the Newton Info Library will be returning after all! I
better get to work updating it, then...

,xtG
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