Re: [boost] What is it with boost and tinyurl?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-21 02:26:11

Miro Jurisic wrote:

> Useless:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/4ghk7>
>
> Useful:
>
> <http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/cs-win32_metacomm/developer/p
>rogram _options.html>

> ("Don't need to click if you are not interested in win32 regression of
> program options.")

The message you refer too has [program_options] in the subject, so I think 
that's enough of context...

> Finally, URL line wrapping is a well-understood problem, with a recommended
> practice (namely, enclosing URLs in text inside <>, as I did above)
> codified in the current URL RFC. Every email and usenet client I am aware
> of does the right thing with line-wrapped URLs in angle brackets.

Neither KMail 1.6 nor Mozilla 1.7 could open the above long URL :-(

- Volodya