Whatever is decided, PLEASE don't automagically convert
the text to a hyperlink field like MS Word does. That
bugs the s--- out of me. I end up with blue text and an
underline that prints everywhere that I include an e-
mail or web address.
On the other hand, a field implementation would be
the "correct" way of inserting a hyperlink with a label
that is not also the address.
Rob Campbell
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 08:36:30AM -0500, Ray Johnston wrote:
> > Have you considered adding hyperlinks to the "Insert" menu? That way a
> > user could click on the link and be taken to the reference directly.
> > Just being able to recognize the reference as a hyperlink (http://,
> > ftp://, mailto:, etc) and act on it (sent it to a browser application?)
> > would be sufficient. Adding the capability to label the reference would
> > take it "over the top".
>
> should we just do like gnome-terminal and xchat?
>
> when the mouse is over what seems to bwe an hyperlink, right clicking on them
> will add the option to follow that link in a browser.
>
> It would seem to me that for that we'd need the application to follow "a word"
> with the mouse, and try to guess what's under it:
> normal text => normal menu
> hyperling => " + hyperlink
> numeric exp => " + calculate
> others?
>
> although it may not seem much of an important feature (and maybe it isn't) it's
> an insightfull one, imho.
>
> Hugs, rms
