Commas in URLs (was FFAP)

Commas in URLs (was FFAP)

[Jonathan Yavner]

[Juri wrote:]
>> Then evaluate `url-get-url-at-point' for following:
>>
>>http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/component/option,com_alphacontent/section,6/cat,59/task,view/id,496/Itemid,100/
>
> This URL is from Joomla that uses commas to separate keywords.

How about this case:

To get to my house, click on http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=baden,on, then 
click on "Directions".

The final comma should *not* be included.  Nor should a final period, 
although of course embedded periods are typical for URLs.

Appendix E of RFC 2396 says URLs should be "quoted" or <quoted> when 
used within plaintext, and then commas should follow closing-quotes, but 
this is often not done.

Re: Commas in URLs (was FFAP)

[Juri Linkov]

> How about this case:
>
> To get to my house, click on http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=baden,on, then
> click on "Directions".
>
> The final comma should *not* be included.  Nor should a final period,
> although of course embedded periods are typical for URLs.
>
> Appendix E of RFC 2396 says URLs should be "quoted" or <quoted> when
> used within plaintext, and then commas should follow closing-quotes, but
> this is often not done.

I see in Gnus the final comma is not included to the highlighted URL
due to `gnus-button-url-regexp'.  It seems that URL matching in Gnus
is the most standard-compliant.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/