Typesetting Long URLs with ConTeXt
I’m trying to typeset a lengthy URL in ConTeXt MKIV. The URL appears correctly in the resulting PDF when I use hyphenatedurl, but the hyperlink is wrong in two ways. First, only the first line of the URL in the PDF is a hyperlink. Second, the hyperlink target is incorrectly set to be just the first line of the URL.
Here is some example code that produces this problem for me:
% !TEX TS-program = ConTeXt (LuaTeX)
starttext
hyphenatedurl{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
On my system, this generates a PDF containing the URL printed over three lines, with line breaks as follows:
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search
_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT
=25&HIST=1
Of these three lines, only the first line is clickable/interactive, and its target is incorrectly set to http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search, rather than the full URL.
How can I set the hyperlink correctly? Alternatively, how can I turn off the hyperlink altogether?
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asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
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I’m trying to typeset a lengthy URL in ConTeXt MKIV. The URL appears correctly in the resulting PDF when I use hyphenatedurl, but the hyperlink is wrong in two ways. First, only the first line of the URL in the PDF is a hyperlink. Second, the hyperlink target is incorrectly set to be just the first line of the URL.
Here is some example code that produces this problem for me:
% !TEX TS-program = ConTeXt (LuaTeX)
starttext
hyphenatedurl{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
On my system, this generates a PDF containing the URL printed over three lines, with line breaks as follows:
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search
_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT
=25&HIST=1
Of these three lines, only the first line is clickable/interactive, and its target is incorrectly set to http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search, rather than the full URL.
How can I set the hyperlink correctly? Alternatively, how can I turn off the hyperlink altogether?
context
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
375
add a comment |
I’m trying to typeset a lengthy URL in ConTeXt MKIV. The URL appears correctly in the resulting PDF when I use hyphenatedurl, but the hyperlink is wrong in two ways. First, only the first line of the URL in the PDF is a hyperlink. Second, the hyperlink target is incorrectly set to be just the first line of the URL.
Here is some example code that produces this problem for me:
% !TEX TS-program = ConTeXt (LuaTeX)
starttext
hyphenatedurl{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
On my system, this generates a PDF containing the URL printed over three lines, with line breaks as follows:
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search
_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT
=25&HIST=1
Of these three lines, only the first line is clickable/interactive, and its target is incorrectly set to http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search, rather than the full URL.
How can I set the hyperlink correctly? Alternatively, how can I turn off the hyperlink altogether?
context
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
375
I’m trying to typeset a lengthy URL in ConTeXt MKIV. The URL appears correctly in the resulting PDF when I use hyphenatedurl, but the hyperlink is wrong in two ways. First, only the first line of the URL in the PDF is a hyperlink. Second, the hyperlink target is incorrectly set to be just the first line of the URL.
Here is some example code that produces this problem for me:
% !TEX TS-program = ConTeXt (LuaTeX)
starttext
hyphenatedurl{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
On my system, this generates a PDF containing the URL printed over three lines, with line breaks as follows:
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search
_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT
=25&HIST=1
Of these three lines, only the first line is clickable/interactive, and its target is incorrectly set to http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search, rather than the full URL.
How can I set the hyperlink correctly? Alternatively, how can I turn off the hyperlink altogether?
context
context
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
375
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
375
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
375
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
J. KingJ. King
375
asked Jun 26 '17 at 21:46
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375
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Actually, I get no hyperlink at all, which is what I expect because hyphenatedurl only typesets the URL and doesn't make a link. And even if I made a link using goto{<text>}[url(<link>)] it wouldn't work because interaction is not turned on. It seems to me that some heuristic of your PDF viewer is trying to detect the link and transform it into something clickable. This however fails on the line break.
It is very easy though to set up a clickable link from within ConTeXt. I also put an empty style because I don't like bold links. See the Garden for further configuration.
setupinteraction[state=start,style=]
define[1]hyperlink{goto{hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]}
starttext
hyperlink{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
72.6k8160270
Thank you! I had been usingsetupinteractionto try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.
– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
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Actually, I get no hyperlink at all, which is what I expect because hyphenatedurl only typesets the URL and doesn't make a link. And even if I made a link using goto{<text>}[url(<link>)] it wouldn't work because interaction is not turned on. It seems to me that some heuristic of your PDF viewer is trying to detect the link and transform it into something clickable. This however fails on the line break.
It is very easy though to set up a clickable link from within ConTeXt. I also put an empty style because I don't like bold links. See the Garden for further configuration.
setupinteraction[state=start,style=]
define[1]hyperlink{goto{hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]}
starttext
hyperlink{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
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answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
72.6k8160270
Thank you! I had been usingsetupinteractionto try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.
– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
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Actually, I get no hyperlink at all, which is what I expect because hyphenatedurl only typesets the URL and doesn't make a link. And even if I made a link using goto{<text>}[url(<link>)] it wouldn't work because interaction is not turned on. It seems to me that some heuristic of your PDF viewer is trying to detect the link and transform it into something clickable. This however fails on the line break.
It is very easy though to set up a clickable link from within ConTeXt. I also put an empty style because I don't like bold links. See the Garden for further configuration.
setupinteraction[state=start,style=]
define[1]hyperlink{goto{hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]}
starttext
hyperlink{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
72.6k8160270
Thank you! I had been usingsetupinteractionto try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.
– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
add a comment |
Actually, I get no hyperlink at all, which is what I expect because hyphenatedurl only typesets the URL and doesn't make a link. And even if I made a link using goto{<text>}[url(<link>)] it wouldn't work because interaction is not turned on. It seems to me that some heuristic of your PDF viewer is trying to detect the link and transform it into something clickable. This however fails on the line break.
It is very easy though to set up a clickable link from within ConTeXt. I also put an empty style because I don't like bold links. See the Garden for further configuration.
setupinteraction[state=start,style=]
define[1]hyperlink{goto{hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]}
starttext
hyperlink{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
72.6k8160270
Actually, I get no hyperlink at all, which is what I expect because hyphenatedurl only typesets the URL and doesn't make a link. And even if I made a link using goto{<text>}[url(<link>)] it wouldn't work because interaction is not turned on. It seems to me that some heuristic of your PDF viewer is trying to detect the link and transform it into something clickable. This however fails on the line break.
It is very easy though to set up a clickable link from within ConTeXt. I also put an empty style because I don't like bold links. See the Garden for further configuration.
setupinteraction[state=start,style=]
define[1]hyperlink{goto{hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]}
starttext
hyperlink{http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=TX0008128881&Search_Code=REGS&PID=H2kE07My-dH7holsSiJLceSpl&SEQ=20170626171039&CNT=25&HIST=1}
stoptext
answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
72.6k8160270
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answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
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answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
Henri MenkeHenri Menke
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answered Jun 26 '17 at 22:19
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Thank you! I had been usingsetupinteractionto try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.
– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
add a comment |
Thank you! I had been usingsetupinteractionto try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.
– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
Thank you! I had been using
setupinteraction to try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
Thank you! I had been using
setupinteraction to try to turn OFF the hyperlink, but it never occurred to me that my PDF viewer may have been interpreting the text as a hyperlink on its own. Your explanation makes perfect sense.– J. King
Jun 26 '17 at 22:38
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