Bug 49209 - External links should be marked as external
Summary: External links should be marked as external
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: docs.kde.org
Classification: Websites
Component: ksgmltools (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Documentation Editorial Team
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Reported: 2002-10-15 22:47 UTC by Felix Seeger
Modified: 2021-03-09 12:40 UTC (History)
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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?