On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 17:38 +0100, Peter Baumgartner wrote:
> > Also sprach Peter Baumgartner:
> >> I know that just Insert->URL should work, but it didn't. Something wrong
> >> with the new version or my insallation?
> >
> > In order to find out, we need a minimal example file that shows the
> > misbehaviour for you. Both the LyX file and the LaTeX output.
> >
> > (everything works as expected here).
>
> Breaking URLs works with the preamble command: \usepackage{breakurl}
> I think I know the reason:
> "The breakurl is an extension to hyperref package that allows line-breakable
> \url-like links when compiling via latex + dvips + ps2pdf....
> .. if the dvips driver is being used, the original \url doesn't allow line
> breaks in the middle of the created link: the link comes in one atomic
> piece. This package allows such line breaks in the generated links.
>
> Note that this package is intended only for those using the dvips driver.
> Users of the pdflatex driver already have this feature."
> (Quote from the ReadMe File of breakurl)
>
> But it is still strange for me, as I thought I'm using pdflatex. But frankly
> I never understood the converter dialog quite well.
I see (in a document of mine) that some URL's are broken (as they should
be since I checked the respective field under: Document Settings > PDF
Properties > Hypperlinks > *check* Break links over lines) and some are
not !?
Shouldn't this work without any entry in the preamble?
Regards, Nikos
