[WIP] Better support for relative links (e.g. download links) for non-markdown files #2300
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Summary
Currently, using relative links to non-markdown files are broken and give a 404. This PR addresses this and should fix cases such as described in #1929 and others.
Related issue, if any:
#1929
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
For any code change,
Does this PR introduce a breaking change?
No, although there has been some refactoring.
Tested in the following browsers:
Notes
Relative linked files without extension are still seen as markdown files: I don't know if this is intentional or not, but seems counterintuitive. Better would be to require to link to .md-files with an explicit mention of the .md-extension (e.g.
[test](test.md)
of[test](./test.md)
.