fix bug and make table better

core/views/survex.py

@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ def svx(request, survex_file):
                 form.data["code"] = rcode
 
     # GET, also fall-through after POST-specific handling
+ 
     if svxfile := get_survexfile(survex_file):
         print(f"svx(): a real SurvexFile object {svxfile=} {svxfile.id=}")        
         
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ def svx(request, survex_file):
     svxincludes = re.findall(r"(?i)\*include\s+(\S+)", form.data["code"] or "")
 
     # collect all the survex blocks which actually have a valid date
-    if svxfile:
+    if svxfile: 
         #dirparent = Path(svxfile.primary.path).parent
         has_3d = (Path(SVXPATH) / Path(survex_file + ".3d")).is_file()
         try:
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@ def survexcavesingle(request, cave_shortname):
     """parsing all the survex files of a single cave and showing that it's consistent and can find all
     the files and people.   
     
-    But might also be a link to a single survex file with no ".svx" suffix
+    But might also be a link to a single survex file with no ".svx" suffix, which may not be a cave.
     """
     if cave_shortname.startswith("caves-16"):
         return svx(request, cave_shortname)
@@ -769,7 +770,9 @@ def survexcavesingle(request, cave_shortname):
                 # print(f"many {cave=} => {cave.sds=}")
             return render(request, "svxcaves.html", {"settings": settings, "caves": caves, "year": current_expo()})
         else:
-            return render(request, "errors/svxcaves404.html", {"settings": settings, "cave": cave_shortname, "year": current_expo()})
+            # survex file not a cave, e.g. surface/1623/allsurface.svx
+            return svx(request, cave_shortname)
+            # return render(request, "errors/svxcaves404.html", {"settings": settings, "cave": cave_shortname, "year": current_expo()})
 
 def check_cave_registered(areacode, survex_cave):
     """Checks whether a cave has been properly registered when it is found in the Loser repo