Bug 1631 – Bundled documentation requires connection to digitalmars.com

The copy of the documentation files that come with an install of DMD include links to digitalmars.com. Namely the url for the css file points to digitalmars.com rather than a local file. This makes pages look very ugly (and take a long time) when not connected to the internet, or when digitalmars.com is down (as it is now).

The documentation bundled with DMD now includes relative paths (using local files) to the media (images and CSS files), I just opened the DMD.2.057.zip file and verified it. However there are two new issues with this documents: 1. The html files use the old, digitalmars.com design, not the newer one from dlang.org. I don't know if this is because the CSS file hasn't been modified or what. 2. At the bottom of each page there's a Google AdSense banner, an this STILL points to the google.com page to retrieve a js file. While this will not preclude you of using the docs offline, it's an annoyance, because you need to put your browser in 'offline mode'. So, I don't know if this bug report should be closed, or renamed to describe the aforementioned issues.

Hi Yao, Even if the paths in the documentation were relative in 2.057, I can't confirm it for the most recent 2.062. It suffices to open `dmd2/html/d/index.html' and see some examples of absolute paths, including jquery which is referenced from an external source: <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/codemirror.css" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascrip▸ <script src="/js/codemirror.js"></script> <script src="/js/run-main-website.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/d.js"></script> <script src="/js/run.js" type="text/javascript"></script> One more issue related to the web site centric nature of the current documentation: the missing link to `Library Reference': <li><a href="phobos/index.html">Library Reference</a></li> As for two new issues mentioned by you: about the old design used in the docs, and Google AdSense, I can't confirm either. 1. The design looks identical to the web site. 2. There is no Google AdSense in the pages, there is Google Translate, though.

Sorry, Yao, speaking of Google Ads, you're right. They are still there.

Should be fixed by now, also see issue 14329.