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Cannot download PDF docs online

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AlexTP:
SUBJ because my Firefox is not supporting FTP anymore.
https://www.freepascal.org/docs.var

Suggestion: replace FTP links with HTTP.

Thausand:

--- Quote from: AlexTP on June 17, 2022, 05:26:27 pm ---Suggestion: replace FTP links with HTTP.

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this:

--- Quote ---wget ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/docs-pdf/user.pdf
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or this:

--- Quote ---https://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/files/Documentation/3.2.2/
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?

AlexTP:
Good suggestion! I used CURL to get files. But site must be fixed!

MarkMLl:
I've been banging that drum for ages, nobody appears to be bothered. I noticed a couple of days ago that it also applies to software downloads from the mirrors in Hungary or Canada.

MarkMLl

af0815:

--- Quote from: AlexTP on June 17, 2022, 05:26:27 pm ---SUBJ because my Firefox is not supporting FTP anymore.
https://www.freepascal.org/docs.var

Suggestion: replace FTP links with HTTP.

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But if the browsers decide not to use FTP anymore it is a decsion of the browser maintainer. Yes the homepage using FTP links seem broken for such user whos are using a - broken - browser. But with a FTP Programm the files are reachable.

It is a good idea to think about the situation and to change it. It is also possible to write on the page - use a FTP programm to download. Or to change the page, but this is sometime not so easy.

FileZilla is a good, free ftp-program.

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