Well, I don't know if it is a bug or not, but '&' is the HTML entity for the symbol '&'. The format for these symbols is '&<name>;' or '&#<number>;', and the name for '&' is 'amp'.
I think it probably is a bug because I don't believe those HTML entities are valid in a URL. It looks like they are re-formatting the URL for more precise display but also changing the underlying link. Can you "view source" from within the message? You should see the code around the link like: <a href="http://xxxxxxxxxx&xxxxx";>http://xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx</a> but I bet you are seeing: <a href="http://xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx";>http://xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx</a> Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert G. (Doc) Savage Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [rhelv5-list] Evolution ampersand in URL A few days ago a friend sent me a URL in an e-mail. It failed when I left clicked on it. When I right clicked on it in Evolution, selected "Copy Link Location", and pasted it into Firefox, it failed again. When I replied back to my friend, he said something about extraneous characters in my quoted reply. After a few exchanges that were reminiscent of "Who's On First", I figured out what he was talking about. When Evolution receives a URL in an message body containing the "&" ampersand character, it displays that URL correctly and underlined. However, when you use it as a link there's an error. If you copy and paste it into an editor, the error becomes visible: Evolution display: http://xxxxxxxxxx&xxxxx URL behind display: http:///xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx Is this insertion of an "amp;" string following an ampersand character the bug I think it is? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
