Re: Turning a URL into a link
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53137
interpreted = N
texte = Gary Krockover wrote: > I noticed the same. Also, if the URL has a hyphen, the grep stops just > before it (as in www.some-website.com) > > Would there be an easy fix for that perhaps? :) Yes, add hyphen to the list of permissible characters in the grep: > > [grep search=(http://[A-z0-9_\\:\/\.\~\`\?\+\-\=\#\%26]*)&replace=
href="\1" TARGET="_blank">\1][dbfield][/grep] > becomes [grep search=(http://[-A-z0-9_\\:\/\.\~\`\?\+\-\=\#\%26]*)&replace=
\1][dbfield][/grep] NOTE: the hyphen by itself in the [] set doesn't trigger the this-that behavior. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Gary Krockover wrote: > I noticed the same. Also, if the URL has a hyphen, the grep stops just > before it (as in www.some-website.com) > > Would there be an easy fix for that perhaps? :) Yes, add hyphen to the list of permissible characters in the grep: > > [grep search=(http://[A-z0-9_\\:\/\.\~\`\?\+\-\=\#\%26]*)&replace= href="\1" TARGET="_blank">\1][dbfield][/grep] > becomes [grep search=(http://[-A-z0-9_\\:\/\.\~\`\?\+\-\=\#\%26]*)&replace=\1][dbfield][/grep] NOTE: the hyphen by itself in the [] set doesn't trigger the this-that behavior. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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