Re: lynx-dev short_url option (was Re: lynx2.8.3dev.5)

[Eduardo Chappa L.]

*** address@hidden (address@hidden) wrote on Aug 1, 1999:

:) 
:) Is this right?
:) -more- ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/net/infosys/lynx/___/index.html
:) -more- http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month___/msg00529.html

  No, if the complete URL fits in the whole line then it should not cut
it. I checked both addresses and they should fit in the line. I guess it
was part of the bug I mentioned before (?)


:) 
:) IMHO, this feature is very nice, but makes some confusion.  I
:) can't distinguaish between elided too long URL and real "___"
:) characters in URL, until press "=" key.  ;)
:) 

  Yes, it's true that no warning is made about a trimmed URL, which is not
nice. On the other hand my original purpose was not to show the whole URL,
which is not possible, just the relevant parts of it. There are some
solutions to this, either you have to warn people that what they are
reading is possibly not the whole url, make it configurable (user defines
the separation string), change the default character '_' by a space (so no
confusion is possible, and is easy to distinguish) or use any other
character you think unlikely (like \, ;, ", $, #, etc). In my opinion a
character that does not interfere the reaading should be used (_ or . where
my first choices). Feel free to change the complete string to anything you
like.

Eduardo
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/personal.html