Re: GNU

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: GNU
Date	2026-04-04 14:04 +0200
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On 2026-04-04 04:24, Sn!pe wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/2/26 23:31, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 14:09:45 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>
>>>>     I also am surprized by that lack of "<URL>" wrapping.
>>>>     Generally too polite to say anything about it.
>>>
>>> Pan sneers at your brackets.  Maybe there is a setting someplace but I
>>> never found it.
>>
>>        It is not a setting but a choice by the poster.
>> put down <> when you want to post a URL then copy
>> it between < and >.
>>        It is a very minor exertion.
>> But it is Earth Day once more...
>> <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/3/2376185/-Cartoon-Cut-ups-Every-Day-is-Earth-Day>
>>
>>        bliss
> 
> I do agree.
> 
> Lack of proper URL delimiters is a pet hate of mine; I'll even go so
> far as to add delimiters to quoted URLs if they're missing.  If they're
> present, long URLs can even be broken across multiple lines and still
> work.

Not all clients handle them properly. Thunderbird doesn't. I think it 
does better than it did some years ago, but still has problems.


For instance, Bobbie posted an URL (it is above):

+++----------------------
But it is Earth Day once more...
<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/3/2376185/-Cartoon-Cut-ups-Every-Day-is-Earth-Day>
----------------------++-

It wraps when I paste it (can't be undone). Fortunately, when posted 
when posted, after clicking "send".

If I reply to Bobbie's post, I get:

+++----------------------
On 2026-04-03 16:58, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
 > But it is Earth Day once more...
 > <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/3/2376185/-Cartoon-Cut-ups-
 > Every-Day-is-Earth-Day>
----------------------++-

which doesn't work.


> 
> A particular gripe is Wiki URLs ending in a right parenthesis, e.g.
> 
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-can_(disambiguation)

Works here.

> 
> That is unclickable here because my 'reader, on finding ')' at the end,
> expects there to be a paired  '('  at the beginning.  If the whole URL
> is properly delimited with e.g. the recommended* '<angle brackets>'
> thus:-
> 
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-can_(disambiguation)>

Also works.



> 
> - it's clickable.
> 
> * Other delimiters are acceptable, e.g.: (parentheses); {braces};
> [square brackets]; <angle brackets>; "double quotes"; or even
> white-space if it's the same kind of white-space at each end.
> 
> It's described in:
> 
> <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#appendix-C>
> 
> Here endeth the rant.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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