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Re: URL clicking in Pro6 (Mac)

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From: David Phillip Oster
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 00:00
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In article <rbarris-E5E4EE.12143207122000@news.intelenet.net>, Rob 
Barris <rbarris@quicksilver.com> wrote:

>    I used to be able to command-click on a URL link in comments in my 
> source code, and have it bring it up in the browser, under Pro 5.3.
> 
>    Under Pro 6 it doesn't seem to work at all.  I tried both command 
> click and control-click-and-hold (as shown to me by Tim Hume to bring up 
> a contextual menu).  He had to show it to me to prove I wasn't just 
> remembering things funny.  (Command-click still works in BBEdit 4.)
> 
>    I'm running Pro 6 release, MacOS 9.0.4, CarbonLib 1.0.4.
> 
>    IIRC this is actually implemented by "Apple Data Detectors" or 
> something like that?  Any way to fix it?

If you can get to contextual menus (with control-click.) then Apple Data 
Detectors will get you to the internet.

They are at:

http://www.apple.com/applescript/data_detectors/

Apple Data Detectors are an insanely great secret of the Macintosh. They 
are free. Check them out.
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From: David Phillip Oster <oster@ieee.org>
Subject: Re: URL clicking in Pro6 (Mac)
Date: 2000/12/07
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