[OS X TeX] Problem opening urls from within a Beamer document

[Paul Dulaney]

I'm sorry. Dr Moore.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 8:48 PM Paul Dulaney <pmdulaney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dr Ross,
>
> Thanks for detecting the error in plain sight!
>
> Paul Dulaney
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 6:45 PM Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> You haven’t put in the protocol:   “http://docs.julialang.org/en/v1 “
>>
>> The protocol is “vital”  otherwise the PDF browser
>> doesn’t know whether you are providing a local URI, to a file on disk,
>> or whether it needs to call a web-browser to open the link.
>>
>> The lazy habit, that has arisen with web-browsers,
>> of leaving out the protocol is something that will bite back badly.
>> This is just one example of this.
>>
>> It’s OK when the choice of possible protocols is limited;
>> but inside a PDF file, that certainly is *not* the case.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Ross
>>
>>
>> On 18 Dec 2020, at 12:52 pm, Paul Dulaney <pmdulaney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've used TeXShop and the LuaLaTeX engine for a good while, but just
>> recently I
>> A. Started using Beamer; and
>> B. Upgraded to macos Big Sur.
>>
>> MY CODE (excerpts):
>>
>> \usepackage{hyperref}
>>
>> ---
>>
>> \begin{frame}{Julia's official documentation is excellent}
>> \centerline{\url{docs.julialang.org/en/v1
>> <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/tZiqC6XQ68fQDx2jImiiE9?domain=docs.julialang.org>
>> }}
>> \end{frame}
>>
>> THE PROBLEM:
>>
>> Compiling the package works fine, but when I click on the
>>
>>           docs.julialang.org/en/v1
>> <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/tZiqC6XQ68fQDx2jImiiE9?domain=docs.julialang.org>
>>
>> link I get a pop-up error from the OS that says:
>>
>>      The application can't be opened
>>       -50
>>
>> Thanking you all in advance for any help!
>> Paul Dulaney
>> Los Angeles, Calif.
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