[OS X TeX] Hyperlink failure with TeXShop and Preview

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.02.2007 um 08:43 schrieb Bruno Voisin:

> \newcommand{\doi}[1]{\href{http://dx.doi.org/#1}{DOI:#1}}
>
> works, it writes the text "DOI:" followed by the DOI given as an  
> argument, and makes the total a hyperlink to the URL of the  
> document on the DOI proxy, namely "http://dx.doi.org/" followed by  
> the DOI.
>
> [...]
>
> However, \doi{10.1002/1099-095X(200102)12:1<57::AID-ENV446>3.0.CO; 
> 2-1} doesn't work in all cases: when viewing the PDF output in  
> Adobe Reader, the corresponding text is indeed a hyperlink to
>
> http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-095X(200102)12:1<57::AID- 
> ENV446>3.0.CO;2-1
>
> which is a valid URL, but in both Preview.app and in TeXShop's  
> Preview window the hyperlink appears to have no destination.

I played a bit with hyperref and this particular URL.

	\href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-095X(200102)12:1%3c57::AID- 
ENV446%3e3.0.CO%3b2-1}{\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-095X 
(200102)12:1<57::AID-ENV446>3.0.CO;2-1}}

works fine and so does

	\href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-095X(200102)12:1<57::AID- 
ENV446>3.0.CO;2-1}{\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-095X(200102) 
12:1<57::AID-ENV446>3.0.CO;2-1}}

because hyperref translates the inappropriate characters into  
correctly escaped ones.


In my understanding your new command \doi{url} would expand to

	\href{http://dx.doi.org/url}{DOI:url}

giving a floating hint of “DOI:url” for the reader, I mean that  
supposedly human person. But this does not work. It seems that the  
definition of \newcommand inhibits the complete effect of \href ...  
look inside the PDF!

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   Pete

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