Bug 49209

Summary: External links should be marked as external
Product: [Websites] docs.kde.org Reporter: Felix Seeger <felix.seeger>
Component: ksgmltoolsAssignee: Documentation Editorial Team <kde-doc-english>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: tchollingsworth, yurchor
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Felix Seeger 2002-10-15 22:47:23 UTC
Version:           3.1 (using KDE 3.0.8 (KDE 3.1 beta2))
Installed from:    compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.19

I just browsed through the kmail help. There is an externel link to the 
Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2002-10-16 12:10:16 UTC
rule of thumb: if you find yourself using "it would be great", it's a wishlist item. 
 
I think, marking links as external breaks the network transparency KDE is 
targeting. And not all links not starting with help:/ are extern, there are man:/, 
info:/, glossar:/....  
Comment 2 Felix Seeger 2002-10-16 17:11:37 UTC
Subject: Re:  Externel links should be marked as external

> ------- Additional Comments From coolo@kde.org  2002-10-16 12:10 -------
> rule of thumb: if you find yourself using "it would be great", it's a
> wishlist item.
>
> I think, marking links as external breaks the network transparency KDE is
> targeting. And not all links not starting with help:/ are extern, there are
> man:/, info:/, glossar:/....
Ok, I thought that this might also be security related...
Network transparency is great but that doesn't mean that you don't know were 
you are.
It think it means that you can go to every place in the world without using 
extra programs or changing any settings. But at least you should know were 
you are.

have fun
Felix

Comment 3 Philip Rodrigues 2007-02-06 21:39:15 UTC
We could do this by changing the stylesheet for <ulink> - reassigning to ksgmltools.
Comment 4 Marek Laane 2007-07-31 23:37:32 UTC
Any progress?
Comment 5 Philip Rodrigues 2007-08-02 00:42:28 UTC
I haven't looked at this again, but I expect it would be fairly easy to do. Drop me an email and I'll try to get round to it, or I can point you to the right place.
Comment 6 Marek Laane 2007-08-04 07:39:23 UTC
Hmm, you probably did have it on your mailbox as bug notice, didn't you?
Comment 7 Marek Laane 2007-09-27 00:41:58 UTC
Have you now looked at and tried to get round it?
Comment 8 Philip Rodrigues 2007-10-07 22:19:30 UTC
I haven't had a chance to look at this, and unfortunately I probably won't in the near future. Maybe I'll be lucky and have some spare time...
Comment 9 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 05:38:52 UTC
Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.
Comment 10 Yuri Chornoivan 2021-03-09 12:40:17 UTC
It is unclear what is the best way to mark the external links. Another color? Boldface? Cursive?

Any ideas?