Fixing broken links in doc, part 2: howto/

Doc/howto/curses.rst

@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ learn more about submitting patches to Python.
 
 * `Writing Programs with NCURSES <http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-intro.html>`_:
   a lengthy tutorial for C programmers.
-* `The ncurses man page <http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man3/ncurses.3x.php>`_
+* `The ncurses man page <http://linux.die.net/man/3/ncurses>`_
 * `The ncurses FAQ <http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html>`_
 * `"Use curses... don't swear" <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN1eZtjLEnU>`_:
   video of a PyCon 2013 talk on controlling terminals using curses or Urwid.

Doc/howto/descriptor.rst

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ The implementation details are in :c:func:`super_getattro()` in
 :source:`Objects/typeobject.c`.  and a pure Python equivalent can be found in
 `Guido's Tutorial`_.
 
-.. _`Guido's Tutorial`: https://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html#cooperation
+.. _`Guido's Tutorial`: https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/descrintro/#cooperation
 
 The details above show that the mechanism for descriptors is embedded in the
 :meth:`__getattribute__()` methods for :class:`object`, :class:`type`, and

Doc/howto/pyporting.rst

@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ that you can make sure that you detect breakage during the transition. Tests als
 tend to be simpler than the code they are testing so it gives you an idea of how
 easy it can be to port code.
 
-Drop support for older Python versions if possible. `Python 2.5`_
+Drop support for older Python versions if possible. Python 2.5
 introduced a lot of useful syntax and libraries which have become idiomatic
-in Python 3. `Python 2.6`_ introduced future statements which makes
+in Python 3. Python 2.6 introduced future statements which makes
 compatibility much easier if you are going from Python 2 to 3.
-`Python 2.7`_ continues the trend in the stdlib. Choose the newest version
+Python 2.7 continues the trend in the stdlib. Choose the newest version
 of Python which you believe can be your minimum support version
 and work from there.
 
@@ -144,19 +144,19 @@ for you.
 Support Python 2.7
 //////////////////
 
-As a first step, make sure that your project is compatible with `Python 2.7`_.
+As a first step, make sure that your project is compatible with Python 2.7.
 This is just good to do as Python 2.7 is the last release of Python 2 and thus
 will be used for a rather long time. It also allows for use of the ``-3`` flag
 to Python to help discover places in your code where compatibility might be an
 issue (the ``-3`` flag is in Python 2.6 but Python 2.7 adds more warnings).
 
-Try to Support `Python 2.6`_ and Newer Only
-///////////////////////////////////////////
+Try to Support Python 2.6 and Newer Only
+////////////////////////////////////////
 
-While not possible for all projects, if you can support `Python 2.6`_ and newer
+While not possible for all projects, if you can support Python 2.6 and newer
 **only**, your life will be much easier. Various future statements, stdlib
 additions, etc. exist only in Python 2.6 and later which greatly assist in
-supporting Python 3. But if you project must keep support for `Python 2.5`_ then
+supporting Python 3. But if you project must keep support for Python 2.5 then
 it is still possible to simultaneously support Python 3.
 
 Below are the benefits you gain if you only have to support Python 2.6 and
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ Discussed in more detail below, but you should use this future statement to
 prevent yourself from accidentally using implicit relative imports.
 
 
-Supporting `Python 2.5`_ and Newer Only
-///////////////////////////////////////
+Supporting Python 2.5 and Newer Only
+////////////////////////////////////
 
-If you are supporting `Python 2.5`_ and newer there are still some features of
+If you are supporting Python 2.5 and newer there are still some features of
 Python that you can utilize.
 
 
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ Implicit relative imports (e.g., importing ``spam.bacon`` from within
 This future statement moves away from that and allows the use of explicit
 relative imports (e.g., ``from . import bacon``).
 
-In `Python 2.5`_ you must use
+In Python 2.5 you must use
 the __future__ statement to get to use explicit relative imports and prevent
-implicit ones. In `Python 2.6`_ explicit relative imports are available without
+implicit ones. In Python 2.6 explicit relative imports are available without
 the statement, but you still want the __future__ statement to prevent implicit
-relative imports. In `Python 2.7`_ the __future__ statement is not needed. In
+relative imports. In Python 2.7 the __future__ statement is not needed. In
 other words, unless you are only supporting Python 2.7 or a version earlier
 than Python 2.5, use this __future__ statement.
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ In Python 2.5 and earlier the syntax to access the current exception is::
      # Current exception is 'exc'.
      pass
 
-This syntax changed in Python 3 (and backported to `Python 2.6`_ and later)
+This syntax changed in Python 3 (and backported to Python 2.6 and later)
 to::
 
    try:
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ possibilities:
 Subclass ``object``
 '''''''''''''''''''
 
-New-style classes have been around since `Python 2.2`_. You need to make sure
+New-style classes have been around since Python 2.2. You need to make sure
 you are subclassing from ``object`` to avoid odd edge cases involving method
 resolution order, etc. This continues to be totally valid in Python 3 (although
 unneeded as all classes implicitly inherit from ``object``).
@@ -610,12 +610,6 @@ please email the python-porting_ mailing list.
 .. _modernize: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/python-modernize
 .. _Porting to Python 3: http://python3porting.com/
 .. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/
-.. _Python 2.2: https://www.python.org/2.2.x
-.. _Python 2.5: https://www.python.org/2.5.x
-.. _Python 2.6: https://www.python.org/2.6.x
-.. _Python 2.7: https://www.python.org/2.7.x
-.. _Python 2.5: https://www.python.org/2.5.x
-.. _Python 3.3: https://www.python.org/3.3.x
 .. _Python 3 Packages: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=browse&c=533&show=all
 .. _Python 3 Q & A: http://ncoghlan-devs-python-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_answers.html
 .. _python-porting: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-porting

Doc/howto/unicode.rst

@@ -493,10 +493,11 @@ The documentation for the :mod:`unicodedata` module.
 
 The documentation for the :mod:`codecs` module.
 
-Marc-André Lemburg gave `a presentation titled "Python and Unicode" (PDF slides) <http://downloads.egenix.com/python/Unicode-EPC2002-Talk.pdf>`_ at
-EuroPython 2002.  The slides are an excellent overview of the design
-of Python 2's Unicode features (where the Unicode string type is
-called ``unicode`` and literals start with ``u``).
+Marc-André Lemburg gave `a presentation titled "Python and Unicode" (PDF slides)
+<https://downloads.egenix.com/python/Unicode-EPC2002-Talk.pdf>`_ at
+EuroPython 2002.  The slides are an excellent overview of the design of Python
+2's Unicode features (where the Unicode string type is called ``unicode`` and
+literals start with ``u``).
 
 
 Reading and Writing Unicode Data
@@ -696,13 +697,20 @@ encoding the data and writing it back out.
 References
 ----------
 
-One section of `Mastering Python 3 Input/Output <http://pyvideo.org/video/289/pycon-2010--mastering-python-3-i-o>`_,  a PyCon 2010 talk by David Beazley, discusses text processing and binary data handling.
+One section of `Mastering Python 3 Input/Output
+<http://pyvideo.org/video/289/pycon-2010--mastering-python-3-i-o>`_,
+a PyCon 2010 talk by David Beazley, discusses text processing and binary data handling.
 
-The `PDF slides for Marc-André Lemburg's presentation "Writing Unicode-aware Applications in Python" <http://downloads.egenix.com/python/LSM2005-Developing-Unicode-aware-applications-in-Python.pdf>`_
+The `PDF slides for Marc-André Lemburg's presentation "Writing Unicode-aware
+Applications in Python"
+<https://downloads.egenix.com/python/LSM2005-Developing-Unicode-aware-applications-in-Python.pdf>`_
 discuss questions of character encodings as well as how to internationalize
 and localize an application.  These slides cover Python 2.x only.
 
-`The Guts of Unicode in Python <http://pyvideo.org/video/1768/the-guts-of-unicode-in-python>`_ is a PyCon 2013 talk by Benjamin Peterson that discusses the internal Unicode representation in Python 3.3.
+`The Guts of Unicode in Python
+<http://pyvideo.org/video/1768/the-guts-of-unicode-in-python>`_
+is a PyCon 2013 talk by Benjamin Peterson that discusses the internal Unicode
+representation in Python 3.3.
 
 
 Acknowledgements

Doc/howto/urllib2.rst

@@ -573,9 +573,7 @@ Footnotes
 This document was reviewed and revised by John Lee.
 
 .. [#] Like Google for example. The *proper* way to use google from a program
-       is to use `PyGoogle <http://pygoogle.sourceforge.net>`_ of course. See
-       `Voidspace Google <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/recipebook.shtml#google>`_
-       for some examples of using the Google API.
+       is to use `PyGoogle <http://pygoogle.sourceforge.net>`_ of course.
 .. [#] Browser sniffing is a very bad practise for website design - building
        sites using web standards is much more sensible. Unfortunately a lot of
        sites still send different versions to different browsers.
@@ -589,5 +587,5 @@ This document was reviewed and revised by John Lee.
        scripts with a localhost server, I have to prevent urllib from using
        the proxy.
 .. [#] urllib opener for SSL proxy (CONNECT method): `ASPN Cookbook Recipe
-       <http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/456195>`_.
+       <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/456195/>`_.
 

Doc/howto/webservers.rst

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ server may not be needed.
   tutorial also describes the most common gotchas that might arise.
 
 * On lighttpd you need to use the `CGI module
-  <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModCGI>`_\ , which can be configured
+  <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs_ModCGI>`_\ , which can be configured
   in a straightforward way.  It boils down to setting ``cgi.assign`` properly.
 
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ mod_python
 ----------
 
 People coming from PHP often find it hard to grasp how to use Python in the web.
-Their first thought is mostly `mod_python <http://www.modpython.org/>`_\ ,
+Their first thought is mostly `mod_python <http://modpython.org/>`_\ ,
 because they think that this is the equivalent to ``mod_php``.  Actually, there
 are many differences.  What ``mod_python`` does is embed the interpreter into
 the Apache process, thus speeding up requests by not having to start a Python
@@ -260,13 +260,6 @@ the latter.
 These days, FastCGI is never used directly.  Just like ``mod_python``, it is only
 used for the deployment of WSGI applications.
 
-.. seealso::
-
-   * `FastCGI, SCGI, and Apache: Background and Future
-     <http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/01/02/fastcgi-scgi-and-apache-background-and-future/>`_
-     is a discussion on why the concept of FastCGI and SCGI is better than that
-     of mod_python.
-
 
 Setting up FastCGI
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -280,8 +273,8 @@ Each web server requires a specific module.
   to be loaded by Apache.
 
 * lighttpd ships its own `FastCGI module
-  <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModFastCGI>`_ as well as an
-  `SCGI module <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModSCGI>`_.
+  <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs_ModFastCGI>`_ as well as an
+  `SCGI module <http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs_ModSCGI>`_.
 
 * `nginx <http://nginx.org/>`_ also supports `FastCGI
   <http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxSimplePythonFCGI>`_.
@@ -315,7 +308,7 @@ FastCGI access.
 .. seealso::
 
    There is some documentation on `setting up Django with FastCGI
-   <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/fastcgi/>`_, most of
+   <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/fastcgi/>`_, most of
    which can be reused for other WSGI-compliant frameworks and libraries.
    Only the ``manage.py`` part has to be changed, the example used here can be
    used instead.  Django does more or less the exact same thing.
@@ -644,7 +637,7 @@ here.  Instead we will briefly touch on some of the most popular.
 Django
 ^^^^^^
 
-`Django <http://www.djangoproject.com/>`_ is a framework consisting of several
+`Django <https://www.djangoproject.com/>`_ is a framework consisting of several
 tightly coupled elements which were written from scratch and work together very
 well.  It includes an ORM which is quite powerful while being simple to use,
 and has a great online administration interface which makes it possible to edit
@@ -657,7 +650,7 @@ which make it possible to create web sites almost without writing any Python cod
 It has a big, international community, the members of which have created many
 web sites.  There are also a lot of add-on projects which extend Django's normal
 functionality.  This is partly due to Django's well written `online
-documentation <http://docs.djangoproject.com/>`_ and the `Django book
+documentation <https://docs.djangoproject.com/>`_ and the `Django book
 <http://www.djangobook.com/>`_.
 
 
@@ -665,7 +658,7 @@ documentation <http://docs.djangoproject.com/>`_ and the `Django book
 
    Although Django is an MVC-style framework, it names the elements
    differently, which is described in the `Django FAQ
-   <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/general/#django-appears-to-be-a-mvc-framework-but-you-call-the-controller-the-view-and-the-view-the-template-how-come-you-don-t-use-the-standard-names>`_.
+   <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/general/#django-appears-to-be-a-mvc-framework-but-you-call-the-controller-the-view-and-the-view-the-template-how-come-you-don-t-use-the-standard-names>`_.
 
 
 TurboGears
@@ -708,7 +701,7 @@ access to these components to the wider Python community.  There is even a
 separate framework based on the Zope components: `Grok
 <http://grok.zope.org/>`_.
 
-Zope is also the infrastructure used by the `Plone <http://plone.org/>`_ content
+Zope is also the infrastructure used by the `Plone <https://plone.org/>`_ content
 management system, one of the most powerful and popular content management
 systems available.