Re: automatic URLs for plain text format?

[Dmitry Borodaenko]

On 12/4/06, boud <address@hidden> wrote:
> http://a.b/fix     # :80 removed
> http://a.b:81/fix
> https://a.b:80/fix
> https://a.b/fix     # :443 removed
>
> The user doesn't notice anything has been changed until s/he clicks
> on the link and gets to the linked page. And then since the link seems
> to work, s/he will probably realise that it's in some sense equivalent
> and will stop writing the 80 or 443 port. Or doesn't notice anything
> at all, just that the URL is simpler than s/he thought before. Neat!
> Definitely the sort of elegant touch i expect in samizdat. :)

That's what you get when you use ready tools instead of inventing your
own square wheel. I think it's actually done by HTMLTidy.

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Dmitry Borodaenko