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reply Johann <mywtfmp3 gmail.com> writes:
It seems that std library documentation lives in two different 
directories.

https://dlang.org/phobos/

https://dlang.org/library/

Maybe it's due to historical reasons. Problem is, when I search 
for a library function in Google, sometimes it points me to 
library directory, and sometimes it points me to phobos directory.

In fact, when I search "dlang writef", it shows me two urls most 
relevant.

1. https://dlang.org/library/std/stdio/writef.html

2. https://dlang.org/phobos/std_stdio.html

Clicking "format string" hyperlink on first url gives a 404 
error. 
https://dlang.org/library/std/stdio/std_format.html#format-string

The second url is correct. 
https://dlang.org/phobos/std_format.html#format-string

Is https://dlang.org/library/ deprecated? If so, is it possible 
to remove it so that it won't confuse noobs like me?

Or if both directories are intented to be used, I'll file a bug 
instead.
Jan 22 2018
parent reply Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:18:38 UTC, Johann wrote:
 Maybe it's due to historical reasons.
It's actually "future" reasons... the /phobos is the original one, and /library was supposed to replace it, but now many years later, /library is still kinda neglected and they both just exist. This is a reason why I forked the d docs to my site dpldocs.info. Check out its search: http://dpldocs.info/writef But yeah, the link in the original source is hardcoded for the /phobos path... but is also a relative link. So when generated on /library, it is just a 404. On my fork, I just fixed it, but /library tries to build from the master branch so they can't really just fix things without making sure it still works in both generators. what a mess.
 Or if both directories are intented to be used, I'll file a bug 
 instead.
yeah that is prolly best
Jan 22 2018
next sibling parent reply Johann <mywtfmp3 gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:32:29 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 http://dpldocs.info/writef
Thanks for your good work. I will file a bug report then. Not related to this thread, but is something missing from this page? Only "index" is shown on this page. http://dpldocs.info/experimental-docs/
Jan 22 2018
parent Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 16:08:38 UTC, Johann wrote:
 Not related to this thread, but is something missing from this 
 page? Only "index" is shown on this page.
No, that's just a random file. If something isn't linked from another page, it isn't supported... I have a lot of files in that directory from various steps in my development process (it is still called "experimental" cuz it isn't done yet) and I haven't cleaned them all up.
Jan 22 2018
prev sibling parent reply John Gabriele <jgabriele fastmail.fm> writes:
On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:32:29 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:18:38 UTC, Johann wrote:
 Maybe it's due to historical reasons.
It's actually "future" reasons... the /phobos is the original one, and /library was supposed to replace it, but now many years later, /library is still kinda neglected and they both just exist.
What's needed to remove the "/phobos" one? Is it a decision from on-high, or is there a lot of editing of hardcoded links required?
 This is a reason why I forked the d docs to my site 
 dpldocs.info. Check out its search:

 http://dpldocs.info/writef

 But yeah, the link in the original source is hardcoded for the 
 /phobos path... but is also a relative link. So when generated 
 on /library, it is just a 404. On my fork, I just fixed it, but 
 /library tries to build from the master branch so they can't 
 really just fix things without making sure it still works in 
 both generators. what a mess.
I'm not sure I understand. What would it take to make the "/library" pages good enough that you wouldn't need <http://dpldocs.info/writef>?
Jan 22 2018
parent reply Seb <seb wilzba.ch> writes:
On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 19:38:45 UTC, John Gabriele wrote:
 On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:32:29 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:18:38 UTC, Johann wrote:
 Maybe it's due to historical reasons.
It's actually "future" reasons... the /phobos is the original one, and /library was supposed to replace it, but now many years later, /library is still kinda neglected and they both just exist.
What's needed to remove the "/phobos" one? Is it a decision from on-high, or is there a lot of editing of hardcoded links required?
This discussion and the referenced news group thread should give insights: https://github.com/dlang/dlang.org/pull/1526 BTW the fix for your issue is here: https://github.com/dlang/phobos/pull/6055
Jan 23 2018
parent John Gabriele <jgabriele fastmail.fm> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 January 2018 at 19:05:21 UTC, Seb wrote:
 On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 19:38:45 UTC, John Gabriele wrote:
 On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:32:29 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
 wrote:
 On Monday, 22 January 2018 at 15:18:38 UTC, Johann wrote:
 Maybe it's due to historical reasons.
It's actually "future" reasons... the /phobos is the original one, and /library was supposed to replace it, but now many years later, /library is still kinda neglected and they both just exist.
What's needed to remove the "/phobos" one? Is it a decision from on-high, or is there a lot of editing of hardcoded links required?
This discussion and the referenced news group thread should give insights: https://github.com/dlang/dlang.org/pull/1526
Thank you!
Jan 24 2018