Descriptive Problem Summary:
Some URLs will not create a hyperlink properly. For example, the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%E2%80%93Ruffini_theorem works fine when pasted, but when making a hyperlinke like so it does not work.
Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:
1. Copy the following: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Abel%E2%80%93Ruffini_theorem">foo</a>;
2. Page it into a post.
3. Save or preview the post and try and click on the link.
Expected Results:
It will work like a normal hyperlink and link to the indicated URL.
Actual Results:
It only appears like a URL, but does no linking.
When does the problem NOT occur?
With most other URLs.
Workarounds:
Simply pasting the URL rather than trying to make a hyperlink.
ID:2077841
 May 1 2016, 12:03 am
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Editing the above post also horribly horribly breaks the UTF-8 parts of it.
Em dash: – Edited em dash: – Double edited em dash: – I'll edit this post a couple of times and add more dashes to show the effect. | |
This is definitely on my to-look-at list for the web stuff.
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this doesn't (em dash –)
this also doesn't (escaped UTF-8 %E2%80%93)
edit: dat non-UTF-8 post character set