[APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field

[Hilary Jones]

I am in favor of this.  Copying and pasting a URL into a browser is very 
inconvenient, and rather old fashioned.  If for some reason a piece of text 
looks like a URL but isn't, there could be an option similar to what 
Microsoft word uses to remove the URL formatting.  On the other hand, I 
personally would never use this feature; so it would be fine with me if 
AstroPlanner always highlighted bogus URLs.

On a somewhat related note, I don't like the spell check feature.  Since 
many astronomical terms don't pass the spell checker, the highlights are 
distracting and rather ugly.  (In particular, URLs always end up looking 
like misspellings.)  I don't really think AstroPlanner needs a spell 
checker; but if one is provided, it should be possible to turn it off.  (Is 
this already there?  If so, please pardon me for complaining!)

Hilary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Lashley" <rlashley at pacbell.net>
To: <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field


> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to add a URL to the
> Notes field, and then be able to click
> on the URL to launch a browser and fetch
> the URL?
>
> I'm thinking it would be handy for notes
> that you accumulate on the web or for a
> reference to further information located
> on the web.
>
> Much the same way a URL embedded in a
> PDF file or some word processing docs
> can be clicked on to launch the browser.
>
> Cheers!
> -bob
>
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