> I thought I'd mention that Oleg and I just released an updated
> texinfo.tex which automatically allows breaking inside @url/@uref
> arguments (after ./?# only -- and only the second of two slashes :).
I consider breaking after `.' and `/' not optimal. In many
situations, it looks like the end of a sentence. Being a regular
reader of the Sky&Teleskope magazine, I was first distracted when they
introduced URL breaks *before* the dot and the slash a few years ago,
but nowadays I think it's the best solution:
Compare this (good one)
This should mostly
obviate the need
for the annoying
@/'s that was the
only previous
method. http://
ftp.gnu.org/gnu
/texinfo/texinfo
.tex. This should
mostly obviate the
need for the
annoying @/'s that
was the only
previous method.
with this (not so good one IMHO):
This should mostly
obviate the need
for the annoying
@/'s that was the
only previous
method. http://
ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
texinfo/texinfo.
tex. This should
mostly obviate the
need for the
annoying @/'s that
was the only
previous method.
Additionally, if you break before such characters, it would be
possible to break at `-' also:
http://
this-is
-an-interesting
.address
I would like to have this configurable :-)
Werner
