Version: 1.3.1 (using KDE 4.4.6) OS: Linux Whilee clicking in the freenode message links like : (http://freenode.net/policy.shtml) works - firefox will be opened, whereas [http://www.fosscon.org] doesn't open a browser tab :-( Reproducible: Didn't try OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.37.2 Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
It seems just because the trailing "]" is used as a part of the html address too.
That's been fixed in the development version along with a long list of other improvements; Konversation is now likely to do better on link detection than just about any app you might try based on our testing suite. Here's the relevant changelog excerpt: * Detection of URLs and email addresses in chat text views to turn them into clickable links has been much improved. An incomplete overview of notable cases: - Unicode characters in URLs are now handled properly, enabling support for example for international domain names. - Protocol-less links not starting in "www.", such as the short URLs pop- ular these days ("bit.ly/foo" and similar), are now recognized. - Arbitrary protocols (e.g. "http://" or "message://") are now recognized; previously only a small hand-picked and insufficient set was. - The check that avoids balanced a pair of parenthesis around an URL be- coming part of the link now works for more than one level of balanced parenthesis. - Aside from balanced pairs of parenthesis, also square and other forms of brackets are now handled properly. - Trailing question marks no longer become part of the link. - URLs using uncommon schemas, e.g. Apple message:// URLs or Wolfram Alpha URLs, are now handled properly. - Numerous improvements to email link handling: User names containing the plus sign are now handled correctly, opening email links from the URL Catcher works now and others. - The URL detection for the "Open URL" sub-menu in the list entry context menu in Channel List tabs now uses the same infrastructure as link detec- tion elsewhere rather than separate code, making it massively better com- pared to previous versions. - Average spreed of link detection has improved slightly.
Good news - how frequently a new version is released ?
That varies depending on developer time. Right now we're toward the end of the release cycle so hopefully it won't be long.