links again]

[John Craig]

I've uploaded my first attempt at a plugin for formatting field text 
(including links).  User = Jock_McTartan
I've only tested it a couple of times so far, so make sure your work is 
backed up up if you give it a try!
Feedback welcome  :-)

JC

Timothy Miller wrote:
> As you might guess, I'm struggling with this topic -- links. I 
> submitted a bz report that probably wasn't a bug. I asked a question 
> on the list, thought I understood the helpful replies, but it turns 
> out I don't understand very well after all. I've discovered several of 
> my own misconceptions along the way. I've been reading the 
> instructions as best I can.
>
> Sorry to be a pest, but I've gotta ask somebody, and who else ya gonna 
> call?
>
> This time I'll try to ask small questions, one at a time. I have 
> several, but they're related. If I understand a few things, I can 
> probably figure out the rest.
>
> Here's a basic one.
>
> --Let's say I have several identical words in the same field (maybe 
> it's a rather long treatise), each defined as a link, by textStyle, 
> and I want each one to do something distinct when clicked.
>
> In other words, is there a way to assign something like
>
> <!--         <a href="http://www.runrev.com">thisIsMyLink</a>        -->
>
> to a specific link in RR? (I commented this example, so you might be 
> able to read it in your HTML-enabled email client.)
>
> What I mean is that the link would point to something that doesn't 
> actually display in the field, which remains connected to the link, 
> even if the link gets moved around. It probably wouldn't be a URL. 
> More likely, the not-visible part of the link would be a handler, or a 
> few lines of script.
>
> In other, other words, is it possible to get a text link to work kind 
> of like a button?
>
> I understand how to do something simple like
>
> on linkClicked theText
>  if theText is not empty then revGoURL theText
> end linkClicked
>
> But that wouldn't work for the purpose I'm describing because the text 
> and format of the links would be identical, so "theText" would also be 
> identical.
>
> I'm wondering if there's some way to do this sort of thing without 
> referencing the clicked word or chunk function. That would be 
> cumbersome, because every time I edited the field, all the chunk 
> references would change.
>
> Can someone give me a general idea of how to do it, or where to look 
> it up? Or a sketch of a sample script might be helpful.
>
> As I read over my question, I begin to suspect this sort of thing has 
> to be exported to some HTML-capable application, like a web browser. 
> But, maybe not...
>
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. I'm taking my meds now, so 
> I won't be querulous  :-)
>
> Tim
>
>
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