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Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
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Thu, 3 Dec 1998 18:50:24 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ...

Really?  This has my quite surprised, as the second one is actually the
proposed standard according to RFC 1738.  It is supposed give the UAs a
better chance of distinguishing between URLs and other data structures
in plain text.  It is also supposed to work for broken lines, so this
URL should be clickable: <URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/
rfc1738.html>.  Dunno if it works, though.


It doesn't.  Comments form others would be good.  Although I always like a
sample size of one (if the sample includes me) it is not very scientific.

A)  <URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html>

B) http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html

C) <http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html>

LINC



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  Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
 
(...) Didn't work for me either with Netscape 4.5. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)
  Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
 
[Followup set to lugnet.publish only, as I can't see why this belongs in lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade] (...) Actually, despite what I said earlier, C) is the most convenient for me, because it's the easiest to select in an xterm (just double-click). (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)
  Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
 
(...) All the links in the above posts work in my browser, Commnicator 4.5. Dunno wich is stadard though.. --Justin (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)
  Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
 
Linc Smith wrote in message ... :Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... : :>Really? This has my quite surprised, as the second one is actually the :>proposed standard according to RFC 1738. It is supposed give the UAs a :>better chance of (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)
  Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
 
(...) It works for me (Gnus), but it fails to work when it has been quoted, so it's probably not a good idea, anyway. (...) I'd say a browser not capable of understanding A is not RFC 1738 compliant, and should be fixed. However, I normally write (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)

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  Re: URLs in posts (was Re: Misc LEGO elements for sale or trade
 
(...) Really? This has my quite surprised, as the second one is actually the proposed standard according to RFC 1738. It is supposed give the UAs a better chance of distinguishing between URLs and other data structures in plain text. It is also (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.publish)

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