# Local versus github links in scribble
**URL:** https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818
**Category:** Questions & Answers
**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818 "2024-03-21T22:07:44Z")
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### Author:  [@joskoot](https://racket.discourse.group/u/joskoot)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818/1 "2024-03-21T22:07:44Z")
local versus github links in scribble
defmodule and hyperlinks act differently when installing from github or locally.
I resolved the problem as follows:
```scheme
@(define-for-syntax local #f)
@; set to #t when installing locally
@(define-syntax (nbhll stx)
(syntax-case stx ()
((_ x y ...)
(if local
#'(nb (hyperlink x y ...))
#'(nb (hyperlink (string-append "../../" x) y ...))))))
@(define-syntax (Defmodule stx)
(if local
#'(defmodule "some-file.rkt" #:packages ())
#'(defmodule some-file/some-file #:packages ())))
```
(nb stands for non-breaking)
I guess there is a simpler method, may be a variable to be defined in an info file???
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### Author:  [@sorawee](https://racket.discourse.group/u/sorawee)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818/2 "2024-03-22T10:10:43Z")
Can you elaborate more on what the problem is?
IIRC, someone said that the module path to `defmodule` should never be relative, so I am skeptical that `(defmodule "some-file.rkt" #:packages ())` will work well.
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### Author:  [@soegaard](https://racket.discourse.group/u/soegaard)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818/3 "2024-03-22T12:41:00Z")
I am almost certain that you need to use one of the command line options from:
[https://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/running.html#(part.\_xref-flags)](https://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/running.html#%28part._xref-flags%29)
But I am not sure which one.
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### Author:  [@benknoble](https://racket.discourse.group/u/benknoble)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818/4 "2024-03-22T15:45:19Z")
I don’t personally do anything to make my scribblings (package documenation) behave differently for local vs other forms of installation. Even my GitHub Actions to deploy docs use the same files.
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### Author:  [@joskoot](https://racket.discourse.group/u/joskoot)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/local-versus-github-links-in-scribble/2818/5 "2024-03-22T19:15:08Z")
Well, I’ll stick to my two syntaxes. After making and testing all locally, the only thing I have to do when transferring my stuff to GITHUB, is to change variable local from #t to #f. Easy enough.
