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Re: URL clicking in Pro6 (Mac)

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From: Rob Barris
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 01:27
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In article <oster-7B54F9.17055707122000@news.pacbell.net>, David 
Phillip Oster <oster@ieee.org> wrote:

> 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


   Yeah! I love it!  And it used to work on this machine under Pro 5.3.

   Same machine, same OS, doesn't work on Pro 6.  Still works in BBEdit 
though.

Rob
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From: Rob Barris <rbarris@quicksilver.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior,codewarrior.mac
Subject: Re: URL clicking in Pro6 (Mac)
Organization: Quicksilver Software Inc.
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