Re: @ if html uref suggestion

[Marc Herbert]

[Note "Cc : bug-texinfo" is back]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, W. L. Estes wrote:

> > When using three arguments in @uref, instead of being ignored, the
> > second will be used in "clickable" (html) versions and the third will
> > be used in the ones where the url completely disappear.
> 
> Well, what application do you have for this? I've used the 3-argument
> @uref as currently implimented and havent needed the functionality you
> suggest--so did you have something particular in mind?
>

First, the idea comes from the fact that there is an unused argument,
and that deeply disturbs my cartesian conception of the world ;-)

Then there is a wished functionnality : when the URL is too long.  So
in HTML I want just a short word in visible text but with a long and
precise URL hidden behind, and in DVI I want a shorter URL, which is a
good compromise between being ugly with a text too long and completely
losing the pointer.

Example :

@uref{
        http://www.ind.alcatel.com/library/product_catalog/,
        Alcatel,
        http://www.ind.alcatel.com/
}



Or rather in a more "legacy-compatible" way, swap second and third
arguments (I realize that my first suggested order was not clever).

@uref{
        http://www.ind.alcatel.com/library/product_catalog/,
        http://www.ind.alcatel.com/,
        Alcatel
} 


Sincerely,

-- 
Marc Herbert
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