On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Martin Albrecht <m...@informatik.uni-bremen.de> wrote: > >> Hmm... there might actually be no way to do that. Just to start >> thinking about this, we would need: >> >> (1) a special URL to go to, e.g., >> http://localhost:8000/open_file/absolute_path_to_file_on_local_filesystem.s >>age > > This would open the file dialog in my browser, right?
Yes. > AFAIK websites can't > just open local files and they shouldn't: Since this is localhost this is trivial to do. I don't understand why you think it wouldn't be???? > > """ > Dear Sage user, > > just click on this link to see a proof of the Riemann hypothesis done in Sage: > > http://localhost:8000/open_file/etc/passwd > """ So? You could also type os.system('cat /etc/passwd') in any notebook cell and cell exactly the same thing. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---