Re: URLs in square brackets: [www.something.com]
On Wednesday 2 August 2000 Steve Lamb wrote: On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:08:01PM +0200, Christopher J. Trybowski wrote: You may type www.something.com as well as (www.something.com), but between [] it doesn't work... Generally because the accepted way of doing it doesn't include []'s. In fact, I think only 's is technically correct. I'm not aware of any technical standard which mandates the use of angle brackets around URIs. The use of encapsulations such as http://www.something.com/ and URL:http://www.something.com/ are as far as I am aware just human-human conventions. Though they may make it easier for programs to automatically pick out URIs in text, most seem not to have any problems with bare URIs and a variety of other encapsulations. (Technically "www.something.com" isn't even a URI, it's just a hostname. What are you supposed to do with it? HTTP? FTP? TELNET? Only web browsers automatically attach the http:// protocol specifier as necessary.) John -- you gave me something that i could touch in a world where i'd had too much something i could feel with my broken hands full of lost ideals but soon i'm returning to you my friend and we'll go where the rivers end in the silver sea and i'll carry you if you carry me -- -- View the TBBETA archive at http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBBETA, double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re[2]: URLs in square brackets: [www.something.com]
On Thursday, August 03, 2000, 4:15:33 PM, John Sullivan wrote:
On Wednesday 2 August 2000 Steve Lamb wrote:
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:08:01PM +0200, Christopher J. Trybowski wrote:
You may type www.something.com as well as (www.something.com), but
between [] it doesn't work...
Generally because the accepted way of doing it doesn't include []'s. In
fact, I think only 's is technically correct.
I'm not aware of any technical standard which mandates the use of
angle brackets around URIs. The use of encapsulations such as
http://www.something.com/ and URL:http://www.something.com/ are as
far as I am aware just human-human conventions.
While I doubt if anybody would take seriously a "mandate" about how to
embed UR* in every client app, the UR* RFCs have _always_ _recommended_ the
use of delimiters, e.g.:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
"
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APPENDIX: Recommendations for URLs in Context
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In addition, there are many occasions when URLs are included in other kinds
of text; examples include electronic mail, USENET news messages, or printed
on paper. In such cases, it is convenient to have a separate syntactic
wrapper that delimits the URL and separates it from the rest of the text,
and in particular from punctuation marks that might be mistaken for part of
the URL. For this purpose, is recommended that angle brackets ("" and
""), along with the prefix "URL:", be used to delimit the boundaries of
the URL.
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Up through the most recent
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
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E. Recommendations for Delimiting URI in Context
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URI are often transmitted through formats that do not provide a clear
context for their interpretation. For example, there are many occasions
when URI are included in plain text; examples include text sent in
electronic mail, USENET news messages, and, most importantly, printed on
paper. In such cases, it is important to be able to delimit the URI from
the rest of the text, and in particular from punctuation marks that might
be mistaken for part of the URI.
In practice, URI are delimited in a variety of ways, but usually within
double-quotes "http://test.com/", angle brackets http://test.com/, or
just using whitespace
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Using angle brackets around each URI is especially recommended as a
delimiting style for URI that contain whitespace.
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URLs in square brackets: [www.something.com]
Hello all, Is there any sensible reason why links in square brackets, such as [www.something.com], aren't clickable in TB?! You may type www.something.com as well as (www.something.com), but between [] it doesn't work... Regards, -- Christopher J. Trybowski === -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- uin:4350719 -- http://www.trybik.i.krakow.pl --- pgp-keys: 0xB92EEE69 0x9382700B ===( get-pgp-keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=send_key )=== -- -- View the TBBETA archive at http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBBETA, double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: URLs in square brackets: [www.something.com]
Hello Christopher, On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:08:01 +0200 GMT (02/08/2000, 20:08 +0800 GMT), Christopher J. Trybowski wrote: CJT Is there any sensible reason why links in square brackets, such as CJT [www.something.com], aren't clickable in TB?! Deja-vu, or did you post this question before? Nobody answered, I guess that means there is no sensible reason. I wouldn't know of any. -- Cheers, Thomas.mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message reply created with The Bat! 1.45 S/MIME under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 using a Celeron 366 MHz, 128MB RAM -- -- View the TBBETA archive at http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBBETA, double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: URLs in square brackets: [www.something.com]
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:08:01PM +0200, Christopher J. Trybowski wrote: You may type www.something.com as well as (www.something.com), but between [] it doesn't work... Generally because the accepted way of doing it doesn't include []'s. In fact, I think only 's is technically correct. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+- -- -- View the TBBETA archive at http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBBETA, double-click HERE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
