[Lilypond-auto] Issue 2647 in lilypond: Doc: Clicking on lilypond example images to obtain source file

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New issue 2647 by address@hidden: Doc: Clicking on lilypond example  
images to obtain source file
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2647

Federico Bruni reported here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2012-07/msg00046.html

The behaviour described by Federico is reproducible, so the documentation  
changes seems a reasonable request.

However, it is not clear that the behaviour is the intent of the doc  
designers, so perhaps the first step in addressing this bug would be  
confirmation of the expected behaviour of the linked example files


Text of the original report follows:

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Hi,

I remember that I used to click an example in the doc and see the text file  
in the browser window. Now I'm prompted with a window which asks me which  
application I should use.

I don't know what's changed but I think that it's something introduced in  
the "recent" browsers (???). If you try the attached html file, you'll see  
that a .txt file is opened within the browser while a .ly file needs an  
external application.
We've always used .ly files...

This behaviour is actually fine for me, because this allows me to set my  
favorite lilypond editor and avoid the copy and paste.
But maybe the Learning Manual should be rephrased in this section?

"If you click on a picture in the HTML version of this manual, you will see  
the exact LilyPond input that was used to generate that image. Try it on  
this image: " "By cutting and pasting everything in the “ly snippet”  
section, you have a starting template for experiments. To see exactly the  
same output (line-width and all), copy everything from “Start  
cut-&-pastable section” to the bottom of the file. "

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/learning/clickable-examples


PS
It would be nice to know how to force the browser to open the ly file.
And I'm also curious to know why Mutopia links to .ly files do not require  
external application. Some .htaccess rule, I guess.

Thanks for making this straightforward
--
Federico "the nitpicker"

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