>>Subject: Re: PDF Generation - URL problem >>From: Jason L W Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:05:39 -0600 >> >>I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear. So you have the same problem, >>I guess? >> >>Unfortunately, I would like to have the entire URL for the 'Name' in the >>link because this will be going to print. Without the entire URL, there >>is no way a reader will know where to go. >> >>I guess there isn't a solution to this problem as of yet. Perhaps I >>will have to keep the URL as standard text and put the link somewhere >>else (for those that are using the electronic copy).
It seems to me that the implementation of a link in LyX is misleading, as the user would like the Name to behave as an anchor. Using ERT (or external postfiltering of the lyx file), I usually put external links as footnotes, anchored to the name, using the appropriate command in latex2html. Once turned in html, I get a real anchor. In that way, I get the hyperlink in electronic docs (either html or pdf) but the url remains printed in normal documents. In addition, printing as a footnote minimizes the risk of url hyphenation. However, it's not great when there are lots of urls in the page (but in that case, a html document would be better IMHO). -- Jean-Pierre
