[racket] web server: leading forward slash required in paths?

I've not experienced this issue with the Racket web server. When you append
a leading forward slash to a URL, you're obviously telling the browser
something completely different about where to find the file. I would
suspect it has something to do with either file organization, Racket web
server configuration, or both.

Where are myimage.jpg and mytemplate.html in relation to one another? In
the same directory?


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Janos Tobias Locsei <jtlocsei at cantab.net>wrote:

> I noticed that when using the racket web server one needs to include a
> leading forward slash when referencing static files e.g. a style.css or an
> image.jpg. Is there a rationale for this? It's different than the usual
> html convention, and it means that when using html template files it's not
> possible to preview the template in the web browser without running the web
> server.
>
> For example, I have a file mytemplate.html that includes the line
>
> <img src="/myimage.jpg" />
>
> The leading "/" is required for the image to be found by the racket web
> server but it means that I can't preview mytemplate.html in my web browser
> without first firing up the racket web server.
>
> It's not a big deal but I'm just wondering if there's a way around this.
>
> Tobias
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