Re: [NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011, Paul Menzel wrote: looking into typesetting URLs I find typesetting URLs quite cumbersome. Maybe I have not used that feature that often so I am not seeing the advantage to first define a URL somewhere and give it a name \useURL[aurl] [http://xkcd.com/149/] [] [I prefer hot dogs.] and then later use it. \url[aurl] You just showed below why this is useful, by first using the urls ... The proposed macros(?) in the section »Tipps and Tricks« [2] [snip] and then defining them. [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/url [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/url#Tipps_and_Tricks ConTeXt is just doing the reverse: first define the urls and then use them :) I support having commands which typeset the urls directly, but the macros on the wiki are not the best ones. \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} Why not simply: \def\href#1#2{\goto{#2}[url(#1)]} Or did I miss something? \def\ahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{#1}}} \def\fullahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{http://#1}}} These could be easily wrapped around using \useURL and \url (perhaps by adding left and right keys to \setupurl) but \url does not create a hyperlink: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110915.115247.f23c2aad.en.html \def\mailto#1{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#1]\from[{#1}]} \def\MailTo#1#2{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#2]\from[{#1}]} Aditya___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 04:42:54AM -0500, Aditya Mahajan wrote: I support having commands which typeset the urls directly, but the macros on the wiki are not the best ones. \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} Why not simply: \def\href#1#2{\goto{#2}[url(#1)]} I use something like that all the time. Regards, Khaled ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:42, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: Why not simply: \def\href#1#2{\goto{#2}[url(#**1)]} Or did I miss something? I use this: % Define \Site[id][url]{description} to put in a clickable link % with footnoted URL \def\Site[#1][#2]#3{\useURL[#1][#2][][#3]\from[#1]\footnote[#1]{\tt\hyphenatedurl{#2}}} That way people reading PDFs on a computer can click the site name in the text to go there, and not have to see a URL; those with printed copies can look at the footnote at the bottom of the page to find the URL and type it in. mathew -- URL:http://www.pobox.com/~meta/ ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___