On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 08:28:14PM +0100, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > The parentheses should have been percent-escaped, i.e., replaced by a percent > sign and their hex value (00-FF) as in > > http://www.vim.org/%28test%29
While it's true that the URL RFC dictates that such characters should be hex-escaped, most user interfaces accept the non-escaped version so people don't have to remember character codes for everything. This does make it more difficult to perform proper highlighting/selection of a URL but it's a give and take for user simplicity vs. developer hardship. This is also why angle brackets are specified for use as URL delimiters in text, since it vastly simplifies parsing. James -- GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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