https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91192
Bug ID: 91192
Summary: Writer not recognizing a URL's trailing carat, hash
mark, question mark, or backslash
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 4.2.8.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Writer usually auto-formats URLs differently. However, if the URL ends with a
carat, a hash mark, a quesiton mark, or a backslash, Writer treats that
character as not part of the URL. It should treat it as part of the URL. Here's
one of the URLs, as accessed May 7, 2015:
http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/504714?gnrefine=1*WARMTH_RATING*Warmest^
In this case, the URL with or without the carat gets the intended page,
although one is without a certain blank space. Nonetheless, we should not
assume that a character is disposable.
Carats in URLs are rare. I don't know if it's technically improper, but I doubt
it.
Here's one with a hash mark: http://www.example.com/#
URLs ending in hash marks are becoming common. Although the hash mark is
officially meant for a fragment identifier, apparently Ajax programming
supports a URL ending with a hash mark.
The question mark is officially reserved for query strings. I don't know if a
URL ending with a question mark exists in the wild, but it's probably safer to
assume that it does.
The backslash is found in Windows locations but I don't know if it's barred
from URLs. In case it's not, it should be accepted as part of a URL.
Even if these characters are improper as URL characters, Writer should not make
that judgment, except for spaces and for less-than and greater-than symbols.
That judgment should be left to website servers and domain name servers. The
history of the hash mark supports that point.
If a newer Writer version has solved this, that's good enough.
I'm guessing my hardware.
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