[Scribus] OT: Typing IPA characters

[william f. maddock]

On Mar 18, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 08:09:49PM +0100, Maciej Hanski wrote:
>> John Jason Jordan napisa??(a):
>>
>>> But now that I read the error message you posted above I see the
>>> problem. You are not even on the page. There is no separate page for
>>> IPA_Chart.rtf. The correct URL for the page is:
>>>
>>> http://web.pdx.edu/~johj/
>>>
>>> Just copy and paste the above into your browser exactly as it is --
>>> don't add anything. That will take you to the web page. Then scroll  
>>> to
>>> the bottom of the page where you will see "This is the RTF file."
>>> Right-click on it and then on "save link as."
>>
>> John, sorry, this is hopeless, I've done everything and believe me  
>> (I'm
>> telling this as a guy who's spent the last 9 years doing such things  
>> for
>> living), the link to the RTF file _is_  _broken_. It doesn't matter
>> whether you right-click on the link (done), or go direct to the file
>> (done too), as long as there is no such file at:
>>
>> http://web.pdx.edu/~johj/IPA_Chart.rtf
>>
>> Please just send me the file off list.
>
> The problem is the tilde in the file name. It expands properly for John
> but not for anyone else. It simply won't work in a URL for public use.

It's not the tilde. Looking at the source for the page proves that to  
me. I was able to download the ODT and ODB files, but not the RTF or  
ZIP files. I get a 404 error document for those. One of them uses the  
tilde, the other does not. The two that I was able to download both use  
the tilde, so it's not the tilde. According to the server, the RTF and  
ZIP files simply are not there. I can understand how it might appear to  
John that the RTF is present, because he only uses a relative link for  
that file, and it might be present in the current directory of his  
local harddrive, giving the illusion of being present on the server.  
The links might be what he intends them to be, but the RTF and ZIP  
files are certainly not where the links are pointing.
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