[Qgis-user] Linking to the *current* docs

[Jonathan Moules]

Hi Richard,
Excellent thanks. I tried replacing the version with "stable" but it 
didn't work. Latest is good too though.
Thanks again,
Jonathan

On 2018-03-02 20:13, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> We had this discussion some years ago.
>
> We decided for latest and testing:
>
> https://docs.qgis.org/latest/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/index.html
> is being redirected to:
> https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/index.html
> but th 2.14 is also still available:
> https://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/index.html
>
> Current testing/master is:
> https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/index.html
>
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.1/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/index.html
> is being  redirected to testing
>
> All magic is done with some redirection in the apache.conf so if not
> working, let us know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
> On 02-03-18 19:28, Jonathan Moules wrote:
>> Hi List,
>> I'd like to be able to link to specific pages in the Docs in a
>> sustainable long-term fashion.
>>
>> So for example, lets say I've written a page and want to be able to link
>> to the QGIS doc for print composer. Currently the link would be:
>> https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/index.html
>>
>> But of course, that link will be outdated as soon as the next version of
>> the QGIS docs comes out, and I don't want to induce link-rot.
>>
>> Is there a way to link to the *current* version of the docs? Usually
>> projects do this by using the word "current" in place of a version
>> number. GeoServer for instance has "stable" "maintenance" and "latest"
>> branches of the docs:
>>
>> http://docs.geoserver.org/maintain/en/user/
>> http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/
>> http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/
>>
>> But it also has the ability to look at specific documentation versions:
>> http://docs.geoserver.org/2.4.0/user/
>>
>> Does QGIS have similar?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>>
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