#8724 NORM 8.2.1: Help instructions fail when following external links

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#8724: Help instructions fail when following external links
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   Reporter:  mchua          |       Owner:  isforinsects 
       Type:  defect         |      Status:  new          
   Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  8.2.1        
  Component:  help-activity  |     Version:  not specified
 Resolution:                 |    Keywords:               
Next_action:  never set      |    Verified:  0            
  Blockedby:                 |    Blocking:               
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Comment(by mchua):

 Clarification via IRC.

 {{{
 <mchua> oh - cjb, re #8724, external links *do* work
 <mchua> they shouldn't, imo
 <mchua> because you tend to follow the instructions
 that you should follow in Browse, in Help instead
 <cjb> hm, no, I mean, I wonder why the same instructions
 don't work
 <mchua> ?
 <cjb> I don't understand why there's anything you can do
 in Browse that you can't do in Help
 <cjb> there :)
 <cjb> but I was confused to start with, thanks, it's good
 that it's only things like .xo downloads
 * GeroldKa (n=GeroldKa at fedora/geroldka) has joined #OLPC
 <mchua> ahh. well, help is browse that points to
 static-on-your-XO files, with navigation tools (like the
 ability to edit the URL) removed, I think - isforinsects ?
 <mchua> cjb: downloads in general, plugins, the...
 basically, my argument is that Help != a browser, and we
 should cripple it more so it can't be used as such
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 <cjb> right, and I don't understand why Help != a browser
 <cjb> doesn't it subclass Browse?
 <marcopg> it should not subclass Browse
 <mchua> it does, but it should only be for browsing local
 help files
 <marcopg> if we need it to be a browser we need to move
 more functionality inside hulahop
 }}}

 isforinsects wants to just sed out external urls, leaving them as
 plaintext. I am patching now.

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