Make-Link does not present for certain URLs

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Prob’ly this is owing to an underlying Apple URL service glitch, but thought I would mention: contextual menu items Open URL and Make Link do not present for certain URLs.

Paste these three url-lines into a Scrivener document, then control click on each. The above menu items will present for the first one, but not the second and third.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/246502

http://poems.com/poem.php?date=15764

http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3

Further investigation suggests it is just the ‘?’ that throws it. Unless Scrivener just does not like poetry. Nah, what am I saying? Those poems are awesome.

Thanks,
–Greg

P.S. Bonus: http://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-144/scene-my-copilot-and-i-crash-moonbuggy

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Hi Greg,

Scrivener has nothing against poetry, I assure you! You’re right that it’s the question mark that throws it. Link detection in text has been improved for a future version, though.

All the best,
Keith

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Ah good. Thanks.

Best,
Greg

P.S. FYI, it is also thrown by apostrophes in URLs in the sense that when it auto selects the extent of the URL it stops short of them. Example:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/'Twas_like_a_Maelstrom,_with_a_notch,
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The future version will use the Apple code that auto-detects links when typing, so it should be more consistent and robust in general.