Re: [NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core

2011-11-14 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011, Paul Menzel wrote: looking into typesetting URLs I find typesetting URLs quite cumbersome. Maybe I have not used that feature that often so I am not seeing the advantage to first define a URL somewhere and give it a name \useURL[aurl] [http://xkcd.com/149/]

Re: [NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core

2011-11-14 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 04:42:54AM -0500, Aditya Mahajan wrote: I support having commands which typeset the urls directly, but the macros on the wiki are not the best ones. \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} Why not simply:

Re: [NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core

2011-11-14 Thread mathew
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:42, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: Why not simply: \def\href#1#2{\goto{#2}[url(#**1)]} Or did I miss something? I use this: % Define \Site[id][url]{description} to put in a clickable link % with footnoted URL

[NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, looking into typesetting URLs I find typesetting URLs quite cumbersome. Maybe I have not used that feature that often so I am not seeing the advantage to first define a URL somewhere and give it a name \useURL[aurl] [http://xkcd.com/149/] [] [I prefer hot