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Analog Kid:
Hi; I'm a new member here. I belong to another forum (the MASM forum) that also uses SMF. (They're on version 2.1.4.)

One thing that's nicer over there is the way to add HTML links to a post: rather than the primitive method here, where you get BB code and have to edit it (by adding in "=" plus the hyperlink; I always hesitate a second, as there is absolutely no clue as to what the proper syntax is here):


--- Code: ---[url]text text text[/url]
--- End code ---

their board gives you an "Insert a link" button which does it all for you:



Any chance we could get that feature here?

Bryn:
Yes, I would like to see that also, but ultimately it's Dave's decision...

voltsandjolts:

--- Quote from: Analog Kid on October 22, 2024, 01:43:06 am ---I belong to another forum (the MASM forum)

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For someone who is into assembly language for PCs, I would of thought pasting a URL here would have been kinda trivial!

Analog Kid:

--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on October 22, 2024, 07:02:05 am ---
--- Quote from: Analog Kid on October 22, 2024, 01:43:06 am ---I belong to another forum (the MASM forum)

--- End quote ---

For someone who is into assembly language for PCs, I would of thought pasting a URL here would have been kinda trivial!

--- End quote ---

It is, but that only makes it all the more annoying. Even asm programmers like to reduce unnecessary typing (and head-scratching).

ebastler:
I just type (or paste) the URL, and then it gets converted into a [url] tag automatically. With few exceptions I consider it good style to keep the full URL readable in a post for transparency, rather than hide it behind a descriptive text.

If only the forum software could also do this properly when the URL occurs at the end of a sentence and is followed by a period... I have fallen into that trap -- where the period is misunderstood to be part of the URL -- too many times.

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