[APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field

Thu Mar 5 14:06:29 PST 2009

I submitted a similar enhancement request (#1891) a while back, but my 
thought was to have an option to associate a link with the object ID rather 
than in the notes. Click the ID and user-definable page opens up.

This uses an otherwise static field, and frees up the notes for ... 
well....notes.  :)

Craig

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>   1. Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (Bob Lashley)
>   2. Re: Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (Gary A. Ferguson)
>   3. Re: Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (RPEHLM)
>   4. Re: Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (RPEHLM)
>   5. Re: Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (Jeff Young)
>   6. Re: Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (Hilary Jones)
>   7. Re: Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field (Paul Rodman)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:55:26 -0800
> From: Bob Lashley <rlashley at pacbell.net>
> Subject: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
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> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:44:03 -0800
> From: "Gary A. Ferguson" <garyfe at fergos.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> To: "'AstroPlanner Beta Testers'" <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
> Message-ID: <0C84646D73844F8E84F52B26FDFA1298 at FERGUSON.fergos.com>
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> I would be against this. I hate programs (cf Excel, Outlook) that
> unilaterally turn URL looking things into links. When I type something, I
> want it to stay as I typed it. It's just not that hard to copy and paste
> into a browser address line.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Bob Lashley
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:55 PM
> To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
> 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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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:55:24 +0100
> From: RPEHLM <robin at lauryssen-mitchell.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> To: rlashley at pacbell.net, AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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> Hi Bob,
>
> This can already be done with the User-Defined Fields.  Try it and see
> if it does what you want.
>
> Regards
> Robin
>
> Bob Lashley wrote:
>> 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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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:35:56 +0100
> From: RPEHLM <robin at lauryssen-mitchell.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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> Hi Gary,
>
> I really don't see that as a problem.  A URL is humanly readable whether
> the software uses it as such or not.  Copy-pasting is a right royal pain
> in the field, where I use my laptops touchpad and not a mouse.  I find
> it much easier to right-click a User-Defined Field URL, get the context
> menu popup and select the 'Open URL in browser' item.
>
> Robin
>
> Gary A. Ferguson wrote:
>> I would be against this. I hate programs (cf Excel, Outlook) that
>> unilaterally turn URL looking things into links. When I type something, I
>> want it to stay as I typed it. It's just not that hard to copy and paste
>> into a browser address line.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
>> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Bob Lashley
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:55 PM
>> To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
>> 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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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:36:36 +0000
> From: Jeff Young <jey at adobe.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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> I share Gary's annoyance with Outlook, but that's because I'm a programmer 
> and often type in namespaces and protocols and other things which look 
> like URLs but aren't (or aren't links, anyway).
>
> But I also agree with Robin -- I don't think it would be a problem in 
> AstroPlanner where most things that look like URLs really are links.
>
> -- Jeff.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net 
>> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
>> RPEHLM
>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:36 AM
>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
>>
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> I really don't see that as a problem.  A URL is humanly readable whether
>> the software uses it as such or not.  Copy-pasting is a right royal pain
>> in the field, where I use my laptops touchpad and not a mouse.  I find
>> it much easier to right-click a User-Defined Field URL, get the context
>> menu popup and select the 'Open URL in browser' item.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> Gary A. Ferguson wrote:
>> > I would be against this. I hate programs (cf Excel, Outlook) that
>> > unilaterally turn URL looking things into links. When I type something, 
>> > I
>> > want it to stay as I typed it. It's just not that hard to copy and 
>> > paste
>> > into a browser address line.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
>> > [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Bob Lashley
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:55 PM
>> > To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
>> > 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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> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:18:26 -0800
> From: "Hilary Jones" <hdjones at pacbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> To: <rlashley at pacbell.net>, "AstroPlanner Beta Testers"
> <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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> 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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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:00:17 -0800
> From: Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
> Message-ID: <DD8094C0-4772-43FE-A3E4-A4A5593793B9 at ilanga.com>
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>
> On Mar 5, 2009, at 07:18 AM, Hilary Jones wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I'm probably not going to implement anything here, since it would be
> very complex to deal with styled text fields, etc. Meantime, as Robin
> (?) pointed out, you can put URLs into a user field.
>
>> 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!)
>
> Edit->Preferences->General->Spelling Checker. Uncheck the Inline
> Checking option.
>
> There are issues with this. What I will probably do is default in-line
> checking to OFF. You can still do "manual" spell checking using the
> right-click/contextual menu. Unfortunately the widget I'm using leaves
> a lot to be desired, and the vendor is not very responsive.
>
> Paul R.
>
>
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