Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.368.2.23 -r1.368.2.24
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl	28 Jun 2019 09:47:55 -0000	1.368.2.23
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl	28 Jun 2019 10:25:15 -0000	1.368.2.24
@@ -372,7 +372,15 @@
       }
     }
 
-    set template_file [ns_normalizepath $template_file]
+    if {[info exists template_file]} {
+      #
+      # strip the leading "/" added by ns_normalizepath.
+      #
+      # TODO: check use-cases, with the restricted case actually still
+      # makes sense.
+      #
+      set template_file [string range [ns_normalizepath $template_file] 1 end]
+    }
     set form_redirect [:form_parameter "__form_redirect" ""]
     if {$form_redirect eq ""} {
       set form_redirect [$f pretty_link -query [export_vars {