[OS X TeX] A \url problem

[Claus Gerhardt]

I suggest to use the default point size 10pt. 12 pt is a relic when  
people used typewriters.

Claus



On Nov 2, 2009, at 14:54, Vic Norton wrote:

> I've simplified my \url problem as much as possible. Here a simple  
> TeX script that illustrates the problem. I am attaching the TeXShop/ 
> LaTeX PDF output (if attachments can make it to this list).
>
> ### begin source ###
> %%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
>
> \documentclass[12pt, letterpaper]{article}
>
> \usepackage{geometry}
> \geometry{letterpaper, nohead,
>    hmargin={1.5in, 1.5in}, vmargin={1.5in, 1.0in},
> }
> \usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
> \setlength{\parskip}{2.0ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
> \listfiles
> \usepackage{url}
> \usepackage[colorlinks=true,urlcolor=blue]{hyperref}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> This URL splits
> $<$\url{http://vic.norton.name/finance-math/notionportf/ 
> pricedistrib.csv}$>$,
> but both parts take you where you are supposed to go.
>
> I'd like to put the URL below this statement, but indented a bit.
> Unfortunately the URL splits in an ugly way, and it no longer works
> properly. The top goes nowhere; only the ``cvs'' part takes you where
> you are supposed to go.\\
> \hspace*{4.0ex}
> \url{http://vic.norton.name/finance-math/notionportf/pricedistrib.csv}
>
> I'd really like to indent the URL like this.\\
> \hspace*{4.0ex}
> \begin{minipage}[t]{5.0in}
> \url{http://vic.norton.name/finance-math/notionportf/pricedistrib.csv}
> \end{minipage}\\[1.0ex]
> This looks right, but clicking on the top part doesn't work.  
> Curiously,
> clicking just to the right of the top part will take you to the  
> right place,
> and the bottom part works the way it is supposed to.
>
> What is the problem here? What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can give me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vic Norton $<$\url{mailto:vic at norton.name}$>$
>
> \end{document}
> ### end source ###
>
> Here is a listing of the files used.
>  *File List*
>  article.cls    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
>   size12.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> geometry.sty    2008/12/21 v4.2 Page Geometry
>   keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
>    ifpdf.sty    2009/04/10 v2.0 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
>   ifvtex.sty    2008/11/04 v1.4 Switches for detecting VTeX and its  
> modes (HO)
> geometry.cfg
>  parskip.sty    2001/04/09 non-zero parskip adjustments
>      url.sty    2006/04/12  ver 3.3  Verb mode for urls, etc.
> hyperref.sty    2009/05/01 v6.78r Hypertext links for LaTeX
>  ifxetex.sty    2009/01/23 v0.5 Provides ifxetex conditional
>  hycolor.sty    2008/09/08 v1.4 Code for color options of hyperref/ 
> bookmark (HO
> )
> xcolor-patch.sty    2008/09/08 xcolor patch
>   pd1enc.def    2009/05/01 v6.78r Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding  
> definition (HO)
> etexcmds.sty    2007/12/12 v1.2 Prefix for e-TeX command names (HO)
> infwarerr.sty    2007/09/09 v1.2 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
> hyperref.cfg    2002/06/06 v1.2 hyperref configuration of TeXLive
> kvoptions.sty    2009/04/10 v3.1 Keyval support for LaTeX options (HO)
>   bitset.sty    2007/09/28 v1.0 Data type bit set (HO)
>  intcalc.sty    2007/09/27 v1.1 Expandable integer calculations (HO)
> bigintcalc.sty    2007/11/11 v1.1 Expandable big integer  
> calculations (HO)
> pdftexcmds.sty    2009/04/10 v0.4 LuaTeX support for pdfTeX utility  
> functions (
> HO)
> ifluatex.sty    2009/04/10 v1.1 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
> kvsetkeys.sty    2007/09/29 v1.3 Key value parser with default  
> handler support
> (HO)
> atbegshi.sty    2008/07/31 v1.9 At begin shipout hook (HO)
>  hpdftex.def    2009/05/01 v6.78r Hyperref driver for pdfTeX
>    color.sty    2005/11/14 v1.0j Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
>    color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
>   pdftex.def    2008/09/08 v0.04l Graphics/color for pdfTeX
> supp-pdf.tex
>  nameref.sty    2007/05/29 v2.31 Cross-referencing by name of section
> refcount.sty    2008/08/11 v3.1 Data extraction from references (HO)
>
> I have no idea what is going wrong here. Apparently others cannot  
> reproduce my problem. Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vic
>
> <url_problem.pdf>
>
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