KiCad file format docs/links are not working

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I am unable to find any documentation about the KiCad file formats. When I go to this page on the KiCad site about file formats:

https://kicad.org/help/file-formats/

It says this link has the file formats in a PDF:

When I go there, there is a window with what appears to be a text listing of a PDF. There is also a link that says “download file”. When I click that link, I get a basically empty page that says “Not Found” and “The resource could not be found”. The browser doesn’t present any dialog to run or save a PDF file.

I’ve tried going back and copying all the text and saving it as a PDF. When I open it, I see a table of contents but the pages are all blank.

There is also a link that says “browse files”. When I click that, I can follow it to the PDF itself in what is basically a file folder tree on this page:

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stambaughw/kicad/doc-read-only/files/head:/doc/help/file_formats

There is a link on that page to a file called “file_formats.pdf”, but when I download that file, it’s not a valid PDF. Also, the “last changed” column on the page shows it was last changed 6 years ago.

So, can anyone tell me where to find the file format documents in a PDF or other readable format that actually works? I’ve tried everything I can think of using the information/links on the KiCad site, and tried it in both FireFox and Chrome.

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The file formats file on bazaar/launchpad has been broken for at least half a year.
On request it has been posted here multiple times.
This is my copy:
file_formats.pdf (379.2 KB)

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Shouldn’t those documents be in Gitlab now? (I took a look around, but I could not find them, hence the question)

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