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dave cunningham

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Mar 15, 2003, 2:37:43 PM3/15/03
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Is there an RFC somewhere that says a URL should begin at the start of a
line?

If not would it be possible to have the following corrected for some
future version of turnpike? A wish I suppose...

Link started at the beginning of a line
<http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=50&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Googl
e+Search&as_epq=multi+line+url&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filety
pe=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images>


Same link placed after some text
<http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=50&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Googl
e+Search&as_epq=multi+line+url&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filety
pe=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images>

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Jim Crowther

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Mar 15, 2003, 8:17:50 PM3/15/03
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dave cunningham penned the following:

What is the matter with <http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=50&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=multi+line+url&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images>

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dave cunningham

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Mar 16, 2003, 9:14:44 AM3/16/03
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In message <q5vlzLL+...@domain.invalid>, Jim Crowther wrote

>
>What is the matter with
><http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=50&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Goog
>le+Search&as_epq=multi+line+url&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_file
>type=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images>
>

Other than being a little untidy, not a lot I suppose. How does one
reproduce it though?

Jim Crowther

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Mar 16, 2003, 11:37:37 AM3/16/03
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dave cunningham penned the following:

>In message <q5vlzLL+...@domain.invalid>, Jim Crowther wrote


>
>>
>>What is the matter with
>><http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=50&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Goog
>>le+Search&as_epq=multi+line+url&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_file
>>type=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images>
>>
>
>Other than being a little untidy, not a lot I suppose. How does one
>reproduce it though?
>

Right-click in the text, and choose "Use preformatted margin". This
puts the whole thing on one line, and is the most likely to be
understood by the most software.

Paul Terry

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Mar 16, 2003, 1:00:29 PM3/16/03
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In message <w8FzStAR...@domain.invalid>, Jim Crowther
<Don't.buy.L...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> writes

>Right-click in the text, and choose "Use preformatted margin". This
>puts the whole thing on one line,

It will actually wrap at 144 characters, but it has the desired effect.

>and is the most likely to be understood by the most software.

Paste Special -> Paste Preformatted Text
is marginally quicker, given that the URL is almost always going to need
to be pasted in.

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Paul Terry

Jim Crowther

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Mar 16, 2003, 4:53:47 PM3/16/03
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Paul Terry penned the following:

>In message <w8FzStAR...@domain.invalid>, Jim Crowther
><Don't.buy.L...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> writes
>
>>Right-click in the text, and choose "Use preformatted margin". This
>>puts the whole thing on one line,
>
>It will actually wrap at 144 characters, but it has the desired effect.

Which can always be increased - but that's a humungous URL...


>
>>and is the most likely to be understood by the most software.
>
> Paste Special -> Paste Preformatted Text
>is marginally quicker, given that the URL is almost always going to need
>to be pasted in.
>

I usually only realise it's irrevocably, stupidly big after pasting, as
often Google ones can be hand-foreshortened considerably.

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