Jesse Alama wrote:
> Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> God bless the command \hyphenatedurl{...} !
>>
>> Only, I am wondering why it starts a new line not *after* but *before*
>> the slash, dot or whatever there is to structure a long url.
>> Is this an english/dutch convention, completely different than
>> paragraph wrapping? Or is it common usus, just me never noticed it
>> outside ConTeXt??
>
> I can't speak for Dutch conventions, but here are some rules concerning
> URL's according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition:
>
> "Where it is necessary to break a URL or an e-mail address, no hyphens
> should be used. The break should be made between elements, after a
> colon, a slash, a double slash, or the symbol @ but before a period or
> any other punctuation or symbols. To avoid confusion, a URL that
> contains a hyphen should never be broken at the hyphen. If a
> particularly long element must be broken to avoid a seriously loose
> line, it should be broken between syllables according to the
> guidelines offered above." (7.44, p. 298)
the hyphen is a funny rule ... if an url is not to be hyphenated but
just broken, than a hyphen is just a hyphen (anyway, context will not
add a hyphen)
> to country), though I would be surprised if it varied all that much,
> since URL's are a fairly new typographical entity.
just in case one didn't notice ... acrobat interprets the text stream
and makes url's active (unless this is disabled)
Hans
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