URL attenuation

dZ · September 10, 2001, 03:08 PM

In order to preserve line width, long URLs are subtended to a fixed length yet still functional link

one problem

if the reader copies the text out & emails it the url is now unfunctional

on one of my lists last week someone commented that the Irish knife law newspaper broken URL is traveling the net like SIRCAM

well that broken URL originated from someone emailing TFL text

i don't know if there is a fix for this issue...

dZ

September 10, 2001, 04:18 PM

If someone wants to copy a URL, why not right click it and choose "Copy Shortcut"?

TheBluesMan · September 10, 2001, 08:47 PM

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/...k/contents.txt

TheBluesMan · September 10, 2001, 08:49 PM

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/Battle.of.Bulge/Green.Book/contents.txt

TheBluesMan · September 10, 2001, 08:56 PM

In Test 1 above I used the TFL defaults when posting.

In Test 2 above I unchecked the "Automatically parse URLs" box below the text input area.

I think that PreserveFreedom had the best suggestion (AGAIN!)

You have to copy the link location and manually paste it into your email if you want the link to work. This isn't so much a problem with TFL, (The links work here!) as it is with people not being sure that the links are valid in their emails.

September 10, 2001, 03:08 PM	#1
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	URL attenuation In order to preserve line width, long URLs are subtended to a fixed length yet still functional link one problem if the reader copies the text out & emails it the url is now unfunctional on one of my lists last week someone commented that the Irish knife law newspaper broken URL is traveling the net like SIRCAM well that broken URL originated from someone emailing TFL text i don't know if there is a fix for this issue... dZ __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

September 10, 2001, 08:47 PM	#3
TheBluesMan Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 15, 1999 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,558	Test 1 http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/...k/contents.txt __________________ -Dave Miller ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ! NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearms Safety, Personal Protection. Tick-off Obama - Join the NRA Today - Save $10

September 10, 2001, 08:49 PM	#4
TheBluesMan Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 15, 1999 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,558	Test 2 http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/Battle.of.Bulge/Green.Book/contents.txt

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September 10, 2001, 04:18 PM	#2
PreserveFreedom Guest Posts: n/a	If someone wants to copy a URL, why not right click it and choose "Copy Shortcut"?

September 10, 2001, 08:56 PM	#5
TheBluesMan Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 15, 1999 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,558	In Test 1 above I used the TFL defaults when posting. In Test 2 above I unchecked the "Automatically parse URLs" box below the text input area. I think that PreserveFreedom had the best suggestion (AGAIN!) You have to copy the link location and manually paste it into your email if you want the link to work. This isn't so much a problem with TFL, (The links work here!) as it is with people not being sure that the links are valid in their emails.